---
type: "Bill"
title: "alternative teacher development program; extension"
description: "alternative teacher development program; extension"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1401"
citation: "Arizona SB 1401 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EXTENSION", "LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS (H)", "PROGRAM TERMINATION (H)", "REPORT (H)", "RETROACTIVITY", "SCHOOL EMPLOYEES", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41 (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Boyer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d403f0b0-2eca-4289-bb60-784b673a6a7b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75433?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "8e2ecab195f408e5818d71bd5190dc9680ae3cedf87a890ae7ac68ae9ec5ee5e"
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 1401 (55th-1st-regular) — alternative teacher development program; extension

## 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/0446.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1401P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1401S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **42–16** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **19–10** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Boyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DP `passage`
- **2021-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-10** 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/d403f0b0-2eca-4289-bb60-784b673a6a7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).