# Arizona SB 1687: ESAs; returned monies; administrative costs

Arizona SB 1687, ESAs; returned monies; administrative costs, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jake Hoffman (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-06-12 (Third Reading: failed to pass) (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1687
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session
- Title: ESAs; returned monies; administrative costs
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-02-05
- Last action: 2026-06-12, Third Reading: failed to pass
- Sponsor: Jake Hoffman (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: administrative costs, arizona empowerment scholarship accounts, cities and towns - title 9 (h), education - title 15, election dates, election day, elections, elections and electors - title 16, empowerment scholarship accounts (esa), esa (see also: empowerment scholarship accounts), esas, funds, primary date, primary elections, requirements for enactment, initiative or referendum (rfeir) (h), returned monies, rfeir (see also: requirements for enactment, initiative or referendum) (h), state government - title 41 (h), strike everything amendment, taxation - title 42 (h), three-fourths vote (h), voter access
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (62 yes, 44 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: Jake Hoffman (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-12 | House | Third Reading: failed to pass | pass | 30 | 26 |   |
| 2026-03-23 | House | Rules: C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-18 | House | Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections: DP | pass | 4 | 3 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Third Reading: Passed | pass | 16 | 12 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Judiciary and Elections: DPA/SE | pass | 4 | 3 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2026-06-12: Third Reading: failed to pass (House)
- 2026-06-11: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (House)
- 2026-03-23: Rules: C&P (House)
- 2026-03-18: Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections: DP (House)
- 2026-03-09: House Second Reading (House)
- 2026-03-05: House First Reading (House)
- 2026-02-26: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Rules: PFC (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Judiciary and Elections: DPA/SE (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Senate Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Senate First Reading (Senate)

## Bill text

- House Engrossed Version (06/12/2026): [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1687H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543736)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1687P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/535647)
- Senate Engrossed Version (02/26/2026): [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1687S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/539194)

## Related bills

- SB 1630: home; community-based services; mental illness (signed)
- SB 1563: barbering and cosmetology board; continuation (signed)
- SB 1552: ADOT; revisions. (signed)
- SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations (signed)
- SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight (signed)
- SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers (signed)

## Sources
- [House Engrossed Version (06/12/2026) (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1687H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (06/12/2026) (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543736)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1687P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/535647)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (02/26/2026) (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1687S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (02/26/2026) (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/539194)

## Related
- [SB 1630: home; community-based services; mental illness](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1630-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1563: barbering and cosmetology board; continuation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1563-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1552: ADOT; revisions.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1552-57th-2nd-regular)
- [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 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1215-57th-2nd-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1687-57th-2nd-regular (as of 2026-11-04).