---
type: "Bill"
title: "open meetings; capacity"
description: "open meetings; capacity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1270"
citation: "Arizona SB 1270 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b6730f1-edb2-4ec7-9b1b-93d03a3685e5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78903?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "98b79759c53d448e6af025baba823f2b91633c1ca164de3a541870cdd53e6575"
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 1270 (56th-1st-regular) — open meetings; capacity

## 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/0023.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1270p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Kavanagh flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/505485)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1270s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (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`
- **2023-02-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-03-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-04-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** 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/3b6730f1-edb2-4ec7-9b1b-93d03a3685e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).