---
type: "Bill"
title: "aggravated assault; developmental disability; exception"
description: "aggravated assault; developmental disability; exception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1594"
citation: "Arizona SB 1594 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justine Wadsack"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a2acabb-e427-4d50-bd94-66d1ef8aed93"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81152?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "64b3d4ca4ac661c565c64fced1de79b74680bac9fabd48833e1452e98856e1fa"
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 1594 (56th-2nd-regular) — aggravated assault; developmental disability; exception

## 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/56leg/2r/laws/0113.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1594p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1594s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **44–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justine Wadsack — primary (person)
- Consuelo Hernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-25** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-04-02** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** 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/7a2acabb-e427-4d50-bd94-66d1ef8aed93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).