---
type: "Bill"
title: "school districts; aggregate expenditure limitation"
description: "school districts; aggregate expenditure limitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1453"
citation: "Arizona SB 1453 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGGREGATE EXPENDITURE LIMITATION", "BACCALAUREATE DEGREE (H)", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES (H)", "CONDITIONAL ENACTMENT", "CREDIT HOURS (H)", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "DISTRICT BOARDS (H)", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15 (H)", "EXPENDITURE LIMIT (H)", "EXPENDITURE LIMITATION", "FOUR-YEAR DEGREES (H)", "LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS (H)", "OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY", "REQUIREMENTS (H)", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Boyer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08ada7c-5b42-4889-b963-f1ca86aff15e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75506?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "214b9c0f4531539191b9f7e46bacce8b2c6e3699524b35b6dcaa9c1cff78491c"
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 1453 (55th-1st-regular) — school districts; aggregate expenditure limitation

## 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/0315.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by ED - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/489119)
3. **HOUSE - Education - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1453EDUCATION.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1453H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1453P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1453ED.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1453S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **55–5** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul Boyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** 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/c08ada7c-5b42-4889-b963-f1ca86aff15e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).