---
type: "Bill"
title: "private postsecondary education; board; continuation"
description: "private postsecondary education; board; continuation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1039"
citation: "Arizona SB 1039 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Bennett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59544997-ecde-43de-9570-3be4a89d5a42"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79923?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "7568ee7ab214afdec0020f46380846985d6c23ab4a8b0c45f035b56522756497"
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 1039 (56th-2nd-regular) — private postsecondary education; board; continuation

## 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/2r/laws/0156.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1039p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Bennett flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/512065)
4. **SENATE - Hatathlie flr amend (ref Bill) failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/512063)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1039s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **50–8** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ken Bennett — primary (person)
- Catherine Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Justine Wadsack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-10** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Transmit to House
- **2024-02-19** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-04-10** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-16** 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/59544997-ecde-43de-9570-3be4a89d5a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).