---
type: "Bill"
title: "material witnesses; contempt; detention; bond"
description: "material witnesses; contempt; detention; bond"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1311"
citation: "Arizona SB 1311 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOND", "CONTEMPT", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DETENTION", "MATERIAL WITNESSES", "REPEAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/957119d2-b3c6-4ec7-bfa8-4026da62cc13"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71931?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "bab58fd2a84c2f438ca9b6bfe611e2b5fcb6081abf51030285cf05bdfe67f4c5"
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 1311 (54th-1st-regular) — material witnesses; contempt; detention; bond

## 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/0144.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Allen J - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/470604)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/proposed/H.1311ENGEL.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1311H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1311P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1311JUD.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1311S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-04** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** transmit to house
- **2019-03-04** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-04-22** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-05** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-23** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-23** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** 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/957119d2-b3c6-4ec7-bfa8-4026da62cc13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).