---
type: "Bill"
title: "bad checks; restitution payments"
description: "bad checks; restitution payments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1312"
citation: "Arizona SB 1312 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAD CHECKS", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "PAYMENTS", "RESTITUTION", "THEFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6984913-e419-4baf-bc8d-59f0c433cd72"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71932?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "a5c2b82270f03f2ae8fa9a9a7414e13e718d5e9d6432816e2c00a0f12240f75f"
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 1312 (54th-1st-regular) — bad checks; restitution payments

## 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/0062.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1312P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1312S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — 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`
- **2019-03-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-31** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-14** transmit to house
- **2019-04-03** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-04** 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/b6984913-e419-4baf-bc8d-59f0c433cd72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).