---
type: "Bill"
title: "military veteran spouses; tuition scholarships"
description: "military veteran spouses; tuition scholarships"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1206"
citation: "Arizona SB 1206 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c7a10c9-aeb6-48a4-a3a8-6dd7618176e0"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78818?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "d16748ae0615f03048d1726de0d12b6ae2a323c597386285620dd58134e99eb6"
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 1206 (56th-1st-regular) — military veteran spouses; tuition scholarships

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0126.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Military Affairs & Public Safety - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.1206military affairs  public safety.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1206h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1206p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Gowan flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/510018)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1206s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **18–11** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **53–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)
- Brian Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Cesar Aguilar — cosponsor (person)
- David L Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Flavio Bravo — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Carbone — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Peña — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Montenegro — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-28** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08** 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/3c7a10c9-aeb6-48a4-a3a8-6dd7618176e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).