---
type: "Bill"
title: "disciplinary action; appeal; superior court"
description: "disciplinary action; appeal; superior court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1493"
citation: "Arizona SB 1493 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/292d7b5f-c301-47fd-a67b-9a056a3b8847"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85090?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "53622a7023d925274fc18fd2e05cc8c634fb6dfb05c483a4aeb61cc178ae2625"
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 1493 (57th-2nd-regular) — disciplinary action; appeal; superior court

## 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/2r/laws/0179.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Public Safety & Law Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/540699)
3. **House Engrossed Version (04/27/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1493h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1493p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Public Safety - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/537930)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/26/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1493s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **17–11** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **19–10** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2026-03-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-27** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-06-09** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-09** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-10** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 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/292d7b5f-c301-47fd-a67b-9a056a3b8847`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).