---
type: "Bill"
title: "registrar of contractors omnibus"
description: "registrar of contractors omnibus"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1397"
citation: "Arizona SB 1397 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTORS", "OMNIBUS", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "REGISTRAR OF CONTRACTORS", "REPEAL", "RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS' RECOVERY FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b7e72d5-58c8-4163-aa74-12b0fb58f094"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72043?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "28280b42f96d9cac94b69baec79af90d190517a3e6deb520cbb07d1f8867a096"
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 1397 (54th-1st-regular) — registrar of contractors omnibus

## 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/0145.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1397COMMERCE.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Weninger #1 - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/470468)
4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Weninger #2 - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/470469)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1397H.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1397P.htm)
7. **SENATE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1397COM.DOCX.htm)
8. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1397MESNARD1055.docx.htm)
9. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1397S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-05** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** transmit to house
- **2019-03-05** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-17** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-17** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** 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/6b7e72d5-58c8-4163-aa74-12b0fb58f094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).