---
type: "Bill"
title: "schools; admissions; desegregation"
description: "schools; admissions; desegregation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1254"
citation: "Arizona SB 1254 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMISSIONS", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "DESEGREGATION", "EDUCATION", "REPEAL", "SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be577038-1a66-4722-812f-1572d9ea6c7f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69035?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "5989f0c5fd807587b325f231a5ad2ca9d1a0bf7683fa3f9f9c833d731a4676dd"
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 1254 (53rd-1st-regular) — schools; admissions; desegregation

## 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/0146.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1254P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1254S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-01-25** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-13** transmit to house
- **2017-04-05** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-06** 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/be577038-1a66-4722-812f-1572d9ea6c7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).