---
type: "Bill"
title: "agency decisions; administrative reviews"
description: "agency decisions; administrative reviews"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1459"
citation: "Arizona SB 1459 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW", "AGENCY DECISIONS", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "SCOPE OF REVIEW (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren Petersen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a61bcf74-55d9-4eba-be36-40b07556f6f3"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75520?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "6791bc17d78391fa8e73babaa5df6681ff8f7cd2ff399ff243e77e25ac680922"
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 1459 (55th-1st-regular) — agency decisions; administrative reviews

## 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/0316.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by JUD - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/489165)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1459JUDICIARY.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1459H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1459P.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1459S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warren Petersen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DP `passage`
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-10** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** 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/a61bcf74-55d9-4eba-be36-40b07556f6f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).