---
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).