---
type: "Bill"
title: "ASRS; board powers"
description: "ASRS; board powers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1053"
citation: "Arizona SB 1053 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARIZONA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "ASRS", "BOARD POWERS", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "DUTIES", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1064fdcf-2415-455b-8849-f5dd1eea190a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68530?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "a588baa8df8a5db2f2bacc631e527d580270e8f28fe8fee6f6608e42251b8978"
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 1053 (53rd-1st-regular) — ASRS; board powers

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0105.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1053P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1053S.htm)

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-12** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-01-11** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-26** transmit to house
- **2017-03-23** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-27** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1064fdcf-2415-455b-8849-f5dd1eea190a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).