---
type: "Bill"
title: "excused military absences; higher education"
description: "excused military absences; higher education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1406"
citation: "Arizona SB 1406 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c356dc-b732-4b42-b847-76b3d3e1d8fe"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77342?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "95050680259161ed001834af4b456f07aeb03fde7ca5d5d5d388329b83af9121"
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 1406 (55th-2nd-regular) — excused military absences; higher education

## 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/2r/laws/0048.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1406p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1406ed.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Gowan flr amend (ref ED) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1406gowan6106.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1406s.pdf)

## Votes

- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-23** 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/93c356dc-b732-4b42-b847-76b3d3e1d8fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).