---
type: "Bill"
title: "college course credit; dual enrollment."
description: "college course credit; dual enrollment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1294"
citation: "Arizona SB 1294 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPLICABILITY (H)", "APPROPRIATIONS (H)", "COMMUNITY COLLEGE", "COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES (H)", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13 (H)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (H)", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EFFECTIVE DATE (H)", "EXPENDITURE LIMIT (H)", "EXPENDITURE LIMITATION", "EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS", "LIABILITY (H)", "PENALTY", "RETROACTIVITY", "SEALING ARREST (H)", "SENTENCING RECORDS (H)", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT", "STUDENT ENROLLMENT COUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Shope"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40505518-5052-4985-8e10-7d7898487fa2"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75116?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "4e2a09594e0633c1ece35aa9bb893bb9131f11163d96167d53aae76f3c1c4cbf"
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 1294 (55th-1st-regular) — college course credit; dual enrollment.

## 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/0432.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by CJR - passed as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/489577)
3. **HOUSE - Criminal Justice Reform - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1294CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.DOCX.htm)
4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to CJR - Toma - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/489578)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1294H.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1294P.htm)
7. **SENATE - Education - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1294ED.DOCX.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1294S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **49–10** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas Shope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-15** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-29** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-29** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 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/40505518-5052-4985-8e10-7d7898487fa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).