---
type: "Bill"
title: "death penalty; aggravating circumstances"
description: "death penalty; aggravating circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1314"
citation: "Arizona SB 1314 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DEATH PENALTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be71ce19-bf84-442c-b240-087e1ba7afe7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71934?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "0679a516737f917dff394260c6f39ad6b8b092e041d922af4a71268359c76177"
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 1314 (54th-1st-regular) — death penalty; aggravating circumstances

## 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/0063.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1314P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1314S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **46–14** (pass) · 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** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** transmit to house
- **2019-03-06** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** dp `passage`
- **2019-03-18** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-04** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10** 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/be71ce19-bf84-442c-b240-087e1ba7afe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).