---
type: "Bill"
title: "competency evaluation; records; appointments"
description: "competency evaluation; records; appointments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1266"
citation: "Arizona SB 1266 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMPETENCY EVALUATION", "COMPETENCY EXAMINATIONS", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "FELONIES (H)", "MENTAL HEALTH (H)", "MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren Petersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c9c6c3e-3d99-46d4-9d02-86c67ed63899"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75028?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "b5c9738b72c23a458da059f7d47f126d32af5b139f5e4ab73b918a6a18409ee1"
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 1266 (55th-1st-regular) — competency evaluation; records; appointments

## 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/0139.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1266P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1266S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · 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`
- **2021-02-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-22** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** 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/9c9c6c3e-3d99-46d4-9d02-86c67ed63899`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).