---
type: "Bill"
title: "homestead exemption; equity increase"
description: "homestead exemption; equity increase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1543"
citation: "Arizona SB 1543 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Carroll"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58bd62c4-8cb7-4af6-85e9-709e50c2acbb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82973?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "7b8d9de51c46f43b356443c28eb2eb78e5b2c06ce082e994aa9d5c806d2765b0"
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 1543 (57th-1st-regular) — homestead exemption; equity increase

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0074.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - 1543FloorHENDRIX5_merged.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529133)
3. **HOUSE - 1543INTERNATIONAL TRADE.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528573)
4. **HOUSE - International Trade - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528334)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1543h.pdf)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1543p.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Carroll flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525829)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1543s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- failed to pass — **16–39** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **40–19** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank Carroll — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2025-03-26** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** FAILED `failure`
- **2025-04-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-04-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** 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/58bd62c4-8cb7-4af6-85e9-709e50c2acbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).