---
type: "Bill"
title: "electronic communications; social media post"
description: "electronic communications; social media post"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1248"
citation: "Arizona SB 1248 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DEFINITION", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION", "OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER", "SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren Petersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab5ec6cc-9165-4f33-bf59-037e79031483"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74989?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "5539e6a8c39f11086965ef06ac5e31687458c5457f616f23c0f3c50e099512f2"
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 1248 (55th-1st-regular) — electronic communications; social media post

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0376.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1248P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1248JUD.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1248S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–1** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warren Petersen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-05-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-21** 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/ab5ec6cc-9165-4f33-bf59-037e79031483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).