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legislation/us/states/az/54th-2nd-regular/sb-1236.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "adult adoption; stepchildren"
+description: "adult adoption; stepchildren"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "54th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1236"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1236 (54th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADULT ADOPTION", "AGREEMENT", "CONSENT OF SPOUSE", "COURT PROCEDURE", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "PETITIONS", "STEPCHILDREN", "TRUSTS", "ESTATES AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 14"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-23"
+last_action: "2020-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5921fc1f-5561-4fea-9cc4-fa19ac64e346"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73464?SessionId=122"
+source_hash: "e034d818dff161860a2dbc54f8d6dbfc1d352f4ae9102ee3868706f4da929ed3"
+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 1236 (54th-2nd-regular) — adult adoption; stepchildren
+
+## 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/54leg/2R/laws/0074.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1236P.htm)
+3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1236S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **50–10** (pass) · lower
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Gowan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-23** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-06** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Transmit to House
+- **2020-03-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-05** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-11** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2020-05-19** DP `passage`
+- **2020-05-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-05-19** Transmit to Senate
+- **2020-05-26** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-05** 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/5921fc1f-5561-4fea-9cc4-fa19ac64e346`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+