---
type: "Bill"
title: "incorporation; urbanized areas"
description: "incorporation; urbanized areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1299"
citation: "Arizona SB 1299 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF SUPERVISORS", "CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT", "COUNTY RECORDER", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "INCORPORATION", "PETITIONS", "PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS (H)", "URBANIZED AREAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Shope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/474f7571-51a0-47df-9b6b-a32f23b29a0d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75129?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "214232ad061d896acfb2ba9378bfd96500b4be3c6f1ea7181fc7a30f0e15d5fa"
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 1299 (55th-1st-regular) — incorporation; urbanized areas

## 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/0041.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1299P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1299GOV.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1299S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · 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`
- **2021-02-08** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-03** 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/474f7571-51a0-47df-9b6b-a32f23b29a0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).