---
type: "Bill"
title: "parental rights; termination; sexual assault"
description: "parental rights; termination; sexual assault"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1007"
citation: "Arizona SB 1007 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8", "DEFINITION", "ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT", "PARENT", "PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP", "PARENTAL RIGHTS", "PETITION", "PETITIONS (H)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT", "SEXUAL INTERCOURSE", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT", "TERMINATION", "TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP", "TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Victoria Steele"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e2e013c-3f14-45d4-bb04-822bc8772b55"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74268?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "6de7f72805fb2f3841e8bf137f6ae3a0ebfa2a5e62bc73de863e472a303582e1"
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 1007 (55th-1st-regular) — parental rights; termination; sexual assault

## 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/0428.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1007P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1007JUD.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1007S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Victoria Steele — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-15** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-24** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-06-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 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/4e2e013c-3f14-45d4-bb04-822bc8772b55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).