---
type: "Bill"
title: "unlawful occupants; forcible entry; detainer"
description: "unlawful occupants; forcible entry; detainer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1426"
citation: "Arizona SB 1426 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy Rogers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1eff18-77c2-4dc7-b7ff-4275a6b7dc7a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84994?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "eae879df794c9ece8f0bfc7e34bb216daf0f79244a7560a07cc01ca61e0d29ee"
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 1426 (57th-2nd-regular) — unlawful occupants; forcible entry; detainer

## 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/57leg/2r/laws/0069.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Nguyen - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/541544)
3. **House Engrossed Version (04/28/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1426h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1426p.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/26/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1426s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy Rogers — primary (person)
- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2026-03-05** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-16** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-03-26** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-03-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-05-26** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-26** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-26** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-29** 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/2a1eff18-77c2-4dc7-b7ff-4275a6b7dc7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).