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+type: "Bill"
+title: "forensic evidence testing; postconviction relief"
+description: "forensic evidence testing; postconviction relief"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1469"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1469 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADVANCED FORENSIC TESTING", "CONVICTED FELONS", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "FORENSIC EVIDENCE TESTING", "POSTCONVICTION (H)", "POSTCONVICTION RELIEF", "RELIEF (H)", "REQUEST"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Warren Petersen"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-01-28"
+last_action: "2021-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd07eec-13bf-459b-b3b3-2dbd13b88e1c"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75539?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "90a0b4fb037ca1b7ea4bd70df8cc3dbd6759bab2772e8c51a1374e59bfb70086"
+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 1469 (55th-1st-regular) — forensic evidence testing; postconviction relief
+
+## 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/0157.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Amended by CJR - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/487350)
+3. **HOUSE - Criminal Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1469CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.DOCX.htm)
+4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Roberts - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/487351)
+5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1469H.htm)
+6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1469P.htm)
+7. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1469JUD.DOCX.htm)
+8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1469S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Warren Petersen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-22** Transmit to House
+- **2021-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-03-24** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-03-24** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-03-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-30** 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/cdd07eec-13bf-459b-b3b3-2dbd13b88e1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+