---
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).