---
type: "Bill"
title: "encumbrance documents; exceptions"
description: "encumbrance documents; exceptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1138"
citation: "Arizona SB 1138 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTING", "ENCUMBRANCE DOCUMENTS", "EXCEPTIONS", "PUBLIC FINANCES", "REIMBURSEMENT", "STATE MONIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4b4d14d-f318-42da-af5f-15bb877dda1c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68887?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "21ef1d4c7521c6a9aedaa96525c585b8ec72548e71902bb1d53472f7bf94ac47"
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 1138 (53rd-1st-regular) — encumbrance documents; exceptions

## 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/0109.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1138P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1138S.htm)

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** 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`
- **2017-01-19** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-01-18** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-06** 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/a4b4d14d-f318-42da-af5f-15bb877dda1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).