---
type: "Bill"
title: "beneficiary deeds; separate property; nonlapse"
description: "beneficiary deeds; separate property; nonlapse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1218"
citation: "Arizona SB 1218 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BENEFICIARY DEEDS", "NONLAPSE", "PROPERTY - TITLE 33", "SEPARATE PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Leach"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d2ac31-bc8e-48da-ae5e-4f82e857aead"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71796?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "3edf89e990a7f058b1da4dc24e67a2d16ab7ef77514475569c4881f64bb0031b"
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 1218 (54th-1st-regular) — beneficiary deeds; separate property; nonlapse

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0019.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1218P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1218S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vince Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-22** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-14** transmit to house
- **2019-03-14** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-18** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d2ac31-bc8e-48da-ae5e-4f82e857aead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).