---
type: "Bill"
title: "marijuana; testing; advisory council; library"
description: "marijuana; testing; advisory council; library"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1494"
citation: "Arizona SB 1494 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVISORY COUNCIL", "LIBRARY", "MARIJUANA", "MEDICAL MARIJUANA", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT", "RFE", "RFEIR", "TESTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e21406e2-3045-415a-b7a0-41a979535d31"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72146?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "293b53c52e8cf22a26604b3a7db560ef3a56a8f4ea244b649a172f5c7f5ee5ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1494 (54th-1st-regular) — marijuana; testing; advisory council; library

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0318.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Friese - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/471779)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Rivero - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/471780)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1494H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1494P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Gowan flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1494FLOORGOWAN.docx.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1494S.htm)

## Votes

- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** transmit to house
- **2019-03-18** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-27** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** signed by governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e21406e2-3045-415a-b7a0-41a979535d31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).