---
type: "Bill"
title: "state liquor board; membership"
description: "state liquor board; membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1257"
citation: "Arizona SB 1257 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - TITLE 4", "APPOINTMENTS (H)", "DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND CONTROL (DLLC)", "DLLC (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND CONTROL)", "MEMBERSHIP", "REMOVAL (H)", "RETENTION OF MEMBERS", "STATE LIQUOR BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec3534b4-6fa0-4f49-8f63-e8b935d5d55e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75008?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "594cfcc145bd18acd526f1d79d24086d00047e24393f81233e646d7307650bb8"
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 1257 (55th-1st-regular) — state liquor board; membership

## 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/0211.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1257P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1257S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-05** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** 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/ec3534b4-6fa0-4f49-8f63-e8b935d5d55e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).