---
type: "Bill"
title: "genetic testing information; confidentiality; exceptions"
description: "genetic testing information; confidentiality; exceptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1297"
citation: "Arizona SB 1297 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "EXCEPTIONS", "GENETIC TESTING", "INFORMATION", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea671ec7-d05f-46d7-bc7a-1e32564b9e1b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71907?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "d3f2b4bb29a105af6dee9b9da52ca287311d0fa5ce70caeae29f0c2bf9aea755"
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 1297 (54th-1st-regular) — genetic testing information; confidentiality; exceptions

## 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/0250.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Barto - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/471056)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1297H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1297P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1297HHS.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1297S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **56–1** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- failed to pass — **11–47** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **23–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** dp `passage`
- **2019-04-08** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-04-24** failed `failure, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-07** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-16** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 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/ea671ec7-d05f-46d7-bc7a-1e32564b9e1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).