---
type: "Bill"
title: "eviction proceedings; virtual appearances"
description: "eviction proceedings; virtual appearances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1322"
citation: "Arizona SB 1322 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DETAINER ACTIONS", "EVICTION PROCEEDINGS", "FORCIBLE DETAINER", "JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS - TITLE 22 (H)", "SPECIAL DETAINER ACTIONS", "TELEPHONES", "VIDEO CONFERENCE", "VIRTUAL APPEARANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren Petersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dde087a6-48b6-4951-8581-0456b532058c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75247?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "26014a1e9065e2a723cc1612bc159f0f48cc5ecc12cbeb2f114be6a4d6d1c157"
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 1322 (55th-1st-regular) — eviction proceedings; virtual appearances

## 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/0243.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1322P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Petersen flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1322PETERSEN1119.docx.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1322S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **35–24** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **14–15** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **39–19** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warren Petersen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-07** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-08** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16** 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/dde087a6-48b6-4951-8581-0456b532058c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).