---
type: "Bill"
title: "driver license suspensions; restrictions"
description: "driver license suspensions; restrictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1551"
citation: "Arizona SB 1551 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PENALTY", "CIVIL TRAFFIC VIOLATION", "COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE (H)", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DRIVER LICENSE SUSPENSIONS", "DRIVING PRIVILEGES", "EXCEPTION", "FAILURE TO APPEAR", "FAILURE TO PAY (H)", "FINE", "FINES (H)", "MANDATORY SUSPENSION", "MITIGATION (H)", "RESTRICTIONS", "SURCHARGES (H)", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28", "WAIVER (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Boyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3bf5bce-2962-4d52-99bc-48c2cf26afa8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75671?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "5e65e9aa87f4ff2d7d0d52c4790fa7ceed48159384302dea1c0028534f4a3a16"
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 1551 (55th-1st-regular) — driver license suspensions; restrictions

## 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/0189.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/H.1551CARROLL.DOCX.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1551P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Boyer flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1551FloorBOYER.docx.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1551S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Boyer — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
- Arlando S. Teller — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)
- Kelli Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Lorenzo Sierra — cosponsor (person)
- Melody Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Terán — cosponsor (person)
- Reginald Bolding, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Shope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** 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/a3bf5bce-2962-4d52-99bc-48c2cf26afa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).