---
type: "Bill"
title: "common school districts; lapsing; procedure"
description: "common school districts; lapsing; procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1423"
citation: "Arizona SB 1423 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "LAPSING", "LAPSING OF COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT", "PROCEDURES", "SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2aa082a-caef-434c-8aa4-42a01f18ee45"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70601?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "aa015bceb3873dd6fdce24195b10d5fc62e1947b1173c0732722fad2714bbb37"
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 1423 (53rd-2nd-regular) — common school districts; lapsing; procedure

## 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/0089.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1423P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1423S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **49–9** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22** transmit to house
- **2018-03-21** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-22** 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/d2aa082a-caef-434c-8aa4-42a01f18ee45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).