---
type: "Bill"
title: "juvenile proceedings; appointment of attorney"
description: "juvenile proceedings; appointment of attorney"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1391"
citation: "Arizona SB 1391 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY", "APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM", "CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8", "DELINQUENCY (H)", "DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS (H)", "GUARDIAN AD LITEM", "IMMUNITY (H)", "JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS", "JUVENILES", "RENUMBERING", "SPECIAL ADVOCATE", "TRANSFER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1829b4-48d3-4088-b231-ee39bc4d838f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75424?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "5bc02d48b88e2d77d65a13e3cc421e47a47207588e0443caf8878edaa0e061a4"
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 1391 (55th-1st-regular) — juvenile proceedings; appointment of attorney

## 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/0228.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1391P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1391JUD.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1391S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## 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`
- **2021-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-10** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-07** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-08** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** 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/6d1829b4-48d3-4088-b231-ee39bc4d838f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).