---
type: "Bill"
title: "property taxes; valuation; property modifications"
description: "property taxes; valuation; property modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1248"
citation: "Arizona SB 1248 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY MODIFICATION", "PROPERTY TAX", "PROPERTY VALUATION", "TAXATION - TITLE 42", "VALUATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Leach"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f2f019d-0ca2-4645-a9f9-841fa33be995"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71851?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "861e073e79e23068f7d9d00dcbf748a3cc07e9d5b109ede10681afc2ca17af09"
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 1248 (54th-1st-regular) — property taxes; valuation; property modifications

## 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/0306.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Ways & Means** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1248WAYS  MEANS.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1248H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1248P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Finance** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1248FIN.DOCX.htm)
6. **SENATE - Leach flr amend (ref Bill) (sub FIN) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1248LEACH1133.docx.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1248S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **32–28** (pass) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **17–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vince Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to house
- **2019-03-06** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-07** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-24** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-24** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 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/9f2f019d-0ca2-4645-a9f9-841fa33be995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).