---
type: "Bill"
title: "pupils; excused absences; mental health"
description: "pupils; excused absences; mental health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1097"
citation: "Arizona SB 1097 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADE (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)", "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ADE)", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EXCUSED ABSENCES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PUPILS", "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sean Bowie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b267884d-bed0-47db-839d-7aa77d88c194"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74453?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "c238755652a28dd8e93522e327f7bb82b3e643abad41a14c41836eddd7fe4ab6"
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 1097 (55th-1st-regular) — pupils; excused absences; mental health

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0065.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1097P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1097S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **37–23** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sean Bowie — primary (person)
- Christine Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Jermaine — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Pawlik — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-18** 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/b267884d-bed0-47db-839d-7aa77d88c194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).