---
type: "Bill"
title: "technical correction; juvenile offenders; notice"
description: "technical correction; juvenile offenders; notice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1278"
citation: "Arizona SB 1278 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3fc48c2-847b-4661-9529-fd513bba3a96"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80781?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "4da9198f18c79b35e8274e95bdf812baef6bafd7c300211c8b01cc58e46f05cd"
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 1278 (56th-2nd-regular) — technical correction; juvenile offenders; notice

## 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/0174.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Terech - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518287)
3. **HOUSE - Municipal Oversight & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.1278municipal oversight  elections.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1278h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1278p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Elections - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/s.1278elec.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Hernandez flr amend (ref ELEC) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519130)
8. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref ELEC) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519131)
9. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1278s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-04-17** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-17** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** 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/d3fc48c2-847b-4661-9529-fd513bba3a96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).