---
type: "Bill"
title: "alternative assessment; special education"
description: "alternative assessment; special education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1028"
citation: "Arizona SB 1028 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADE (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)", "ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT", "ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT STUDY COMMITTEE", "ASSESSMENT", "DELAYED REPEAL", "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ADE)", "DUTIES", "MEMBERSHIP", "REPORT", "SCHOOL INSTRUCTION", "SPECIAL EDUCATION", "STUDY COMMITTEE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/361655c5-f314-481f-ba6b-07fbdf83de47"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74324?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "6aaee18598ff183436a01626ef44815e5e927dd244e35c253dce5c7f9260c7c3"
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 1028 (55th-1st-regular) — alternative assessment; special education

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0057.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1028P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1028ED.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1028S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-27** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-18** 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/361655c5-f314-481f-ba6b-07fbdf83de47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).