---
type: "Bill"
title: "sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility"
description: "sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1211"
citation: "Arizona SB 1211 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "LIFE IMPRISONMENT", "PAROLE", "PAROLE ELIGIBILITY", "SENTENCE", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Burges"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be7b696-134f-4b15-8244-8e71388f75ad"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70297?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "0826bdcd83f1bc4c9f59f792617b1c2b5c0bcf6818d760807e3c73ca1e35a488"
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 1211 (53rd-2nd-regular) — sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0269.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1211P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1211S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Burges — primary (person)
- Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-08** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-18** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-18** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-30** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-08** transmit to house
- **2018-04-18** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-24** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be7b696-134f-4b15-8244-8e71388f75ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).