---
type: "Bill"
title: "vital records; death certificates"
description: "vital records; death certificates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1245"
citation: "Arizona SB 1245 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH CERTIFICATES", "FUNERAL DIRECTORS", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "VITAL RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4100b6f7-fb21-47a2-8e8c-597717b3d0a7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71848?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "ab1d7881efc6dc6428cb3d7e2808ac91cef6c55014bbf56c498efde0cb02b854"
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 1245 (54th-1st-regular) — vital records; death certificates

## 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/0172.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Payne - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/469124)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1245H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1245P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1245HHS.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1245S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** transmit to house
- **2019-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-18** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-04-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-30** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-30** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-06** 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/4100b6f7-fb21-47a2-8e8c-597717b3d0a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).