---
type: "Bill"
title: "broadband service district authority; formation"
description: "broadband service district authority; formation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1661"
citation: "Arizona SB 1661 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy \"Tim\" Dunn"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cab1bedb-b852-4f56-9d97-924172f2a48e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83121?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "186fbad4996e006443b2f1edae474e79bd37827e0eec0ecc49fcfccf928b3b97"
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 1661 (57th-1st-regular) — broadband service district authority; formation

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0190.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Blackman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529305)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1661h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1661p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Dunn flr amend (ref GOV) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526799)
6. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525117)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1661s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- failed to pass — **19–39** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy "Tim" Dunn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-17** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-05** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-05** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** 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/cab1bedb-b852-4f56-9d97-924172f2a48e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).