---
type: "Bill"
title: "incapacitated person; special investigator"
description: "incapacitated person; special investigator"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1389"
citation: "Arizona SB 1389 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS PROCEEDINGS", "FEES", "GUARDIAN AD LITEM", "GUARDIANS", "INCAPACITATED PERSONS", "MARITAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS - TITLE 25", "MONIES", "SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR", "TRUSTS", "ESTATES AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 14"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04ca4c83-4c33-4242-8cca-72e9a7ffb6f6"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75422?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "35faba456b0c83d4f71dbea5fba26f71ce42843b98fb00760e61eaf4bc0fa915"
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 1389 (55th-1st-regular) — incapacitated person; special investigator

## 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/0303.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1389P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1389JUD.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1389S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-15** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-22** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** 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/04ca4c83-4c33-4242-8cca-72e9a7ffb6f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).