---
type: "Bill"
title: "possessory improvements; government property; assessment"
description: "possessory improvements; government property; assessment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1235"
citation: "Arizona SB 1235 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSESSMENT", "GOVERNMENT PROPERTY", "POSSESSORY IMPROVEMENTS", "REPEAL", "TAXATION - TITLE 42"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c93efa5-8f25-44b2-8a4c-89538c8f1dca"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71831?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "8e49cd2e3490dade217eb326ac5d95771b3c0e7fac42b234cd1448c0ed0ca2a4"
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 1235 (54th-1st-regular) — possessory improvements; government property; assessment

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0249.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Toma - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/469123)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1235H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1235P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Finance** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1235FIN.DOCX.htm)
6. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref FIN) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1235FLOORMESNARD.docx.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1235S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
- **2019-03-05** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-18** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-05-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-09** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-16** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** signed by governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c93efa5-8f25-44b2-8a4c-89538c8f1dca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).