republic-os/legislation/us/states/az/53rd-2nd-regular/sb-1289.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	schools; national motto; state motto	schools; national motto; state motto	us/states/az	Arizona Legislature	53rd-2nd-regular	SB 1289	Arizona SB 1289 (53rd-2nd-regular)	bill	EDUCATION - TITLE 15 NATIONAL MOTTO SCHOOL DISPLAYS SCHOOLS STATE MOTTO	enacted	Gail Griffin	3	11	5	2018-01-23	2018-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/2e8dbec0-84e0-4c79-8d73-2c67693ad191	https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70404?SessionId=119	42afb8c9355b10dc89986e2132f254b47b999af17f08b488ad8876c886c20836	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-az

Arizona SB 1289 (53rd-2nd-regular) — schools; national motto; state motto

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chaptered Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed — 33–23 (pass) · lower
• do pass — 0–0 (fail) · upper
• Passed — 17–13 (pass) · upper
• Retained on the Calendar — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• do pass — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Gail Griffin — primary (person)
• Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)
• David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
• Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
• John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
• Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
• Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Yee — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
• Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
• Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
• Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
• Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-21 passed passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-03 passed passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-26 house first reading. reading-1
• 2018-02-27 house second reading reading-2
• 2018-03-12 house placed on consent calendar
• 2018-01-23 senate first reading reading-1
• 2018-01-24 senate second reading reading-2
• 2018-04-10 signed by governor executive-signature
• 2018-02-21 transmit to house
• 2018-04-04 transmit to senate
• 2018-04-04 transmit to governor executive-receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e8dbec0-84e0-4c79-8d73-2c67693ad191. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).