# Arizona SB 1507: school districts; receivership; mandatory consolidation

Arizona SB 1507, school districts; receivership; mandatory consolidation, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brian Fernandez (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-03-03 (Committee of the Whole: do pass amended) (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1507-57th-2nd-regular
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1507
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session
- Title: school districts; receivership; mandatory consolidation
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-02
- Last action: 2026-03-03, Committee of the Whole: do pass amended
- Sponsor: Brian Fernandez (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: consolidation of districts, delayed repeal, education - title 15, election, mandatory consolidation, new governing board, petitions, powers and duties, public schools, receiver, receivership, repealing, school districts, small school districts
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (6 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brian Fernandez (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Education: DPA | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (5)

- 2026-03-03: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Rules: PFC (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Education: DPA (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Senate Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Senate First Reading (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1507P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/535069)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1507S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/539566)

## Related bills

- SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations (signed)
- SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight (signed)
- SB 1198: Arizona beef council; continuation (signed)
- SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers (signed)
- SB 1189: campaign spending; personal security (signed)
- HB 2780: judicial foreclosure; excess proceeds sale (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1507P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/535069)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1507S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/539566)

## Related
- [SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1497-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1336-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1198: Arizona beef council; continuation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1198-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1215-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1189: campaign spending; personal security](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1189-57th-2nd-regular)
- [HB 2780: judicial foreclosure; excess proceeds sale](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2780-57th-2nd-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1507-57th-2nd-regular (as of 2026-11-04).