interscholastic activities; criminal offenses; ineligibility
SB 1475 prohibits Arizona students from participating in school-sponsored sports or activities if they have been convicted of, admitted to, or pleaded no contest to certain serious criminal offenses - including aggravated assault, sexual exploitation of minors, domestic violence, or stalking - or are charged with such offenses while awaiting trial. School districts must require students to certify their criminal history using a provided form and bar participation during pending cases for these offenses. The bill directly affects students facing these specific legal consequences and mandates school districts to implement these eligibility rules. It does not change criminal sentencing but modifies school participation policies based on defined criminal conduct.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Vetoed
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Vetoed Jun 19, 2026
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Introduced Version
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Senate Engrossed Version (03/02/2026)
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Mar 2, 2026
MINOR
The bill was reorganized from a standard introduced format into a formal Senate Engrossed version, including updated headers and page numbering. The substantive legal text regarding student eligibility for interscholastic activities based on criminal conduct remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Updated document headers, titles, and page numbering to reflect the official Senate Engrossed status for the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session.
Reformatted the bill text to use standard statutory markup (e.g., START_STATUTE/END_STATUTE tags) and corrected line breaks and spacing.
ELIGIBILITY
The core requirements prohibiting students with specific criminal convictions or pending charges from participating in school sports and activities remain exactly the same.
Floor votes · House Jun 11, 2026
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Jun 19, 2026
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Jun 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Apr 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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