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legislation/us/states/az/55th-1st-regular/sb-1237.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "fertility fraud; civil; criminal action"
+description: "fertility fraud; civil; criminal action"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1237"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1237 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL (H)", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL FERTILITY FRAUD", "CLASS 6 FELONY", "CLASSIFICATION", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "CRIMINAL ACTION", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DEFINITION", "DEFINITIONS", "FERTILITY FRAUD", "GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS", "HEALTH CARE ACTIONS", "HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL", "LIABILITY", "PHYSICIANS", "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a44e9401-719c-46f5-b14a-e7807737408a"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74969?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "2dcbdcfc4ad451fb904c215415b89fca8d562460968dcb0fd7f72c856ba94edc"
+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 1237 (55th-1st-regular) — fertility fraud; civil; criminal action
+
+## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0126.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1237P.htm)
+3. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1237JUD.DOCX.htm)
+4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1237S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-22** Transmit to House
+- **2021-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-24** 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/a44e9401-719c-46f5-b14a-e7807737408a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
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