---
type: "Bill"
title: "neglected children; definition"
description: "neglected children; definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1050"
citation: "Arizona SB 1050 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly Townsend"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-27"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c976e43-3aea-4ac3-a3ee-1ab848602e0e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76317?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "007f26f9196326ec3815e3affde8c4c83a2f0bebca0a571ad719e3afecdb81ca"
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 1050 (55th-2nd-regular) — neglected children; definition

## 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/2r/laws/0026.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1050p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1050s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly Townsend — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-27** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2022-01-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** DP `passage`
- **2022-02-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** Transmit to House
- **2022-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-17** DP `passage`
- **2022-03-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-23** 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/6c976e43-3aea-4ac3-a3ee-1ab848602e0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).