---
type: "Bill"
title: "school bus definition; vans"
description: "school bus definition; vans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1256"
citation: "Arizona SB 1256 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "SCHOOL BUSES", "SCHOOL DISTRICT DUTIES", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28", "VANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sylvia Allen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c264b018-6ed3-4d67-ae57-8b3a3e9712e8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70364?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "89399b3c9bb0475d5a3adb31bb471f2f3441a7126ee9bacb598695e6886845b0"
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 1256 (53rd-2nd-regular) — school bus definition; vans

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0058.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1256P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1256S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sylvia Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-22** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-15** transmit to house
- **2018-03-20** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-21** 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/c264b018-6ed3-4d67-ae57-8b3a3e9712e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).