---
type: "Bill"
title: "abortion; unborn child; genetic abnormality"
description: "abortion; unborn child; genetic abnormality"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1457"
citation: "Arizona SB 1457 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABORTION", "ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS", "ADOA (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION)", "BODILY REMAINS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DEFINITION", "DEFINITIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (ADOA)", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EXEMPTION (H)", "EXEMPTION FROM RULEMAKING", "FINAL DISPOSITION", "GENERAL PROVISIONS - TITLE 1", "GENETIC ABNORMALITY", "INTERPRETATION OF LAWS", "INTERVENTION", "LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS", "LEGISLATIVE INTENT", "MEDICAL EMERGENCY", "PROHIBITED SERVICES", "PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION", "PUBLIC FINANCES - TITLE 35", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "REPEAL", "SEVERABILITY", "STATE TREASURY", "UNBORN CHILD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77228af3-3696-4874-a041-090a4523692c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75512?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "c126704c4b3f6dc753cc0a606b7bc951b1f1718d60faf024264d0edde94a0b12"
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 1457 (55th-1st-regular) — abortion; unborn child; genetic abnormality

## 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/0286.htm)
2. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/ccamendments/55LEG/1R/s.1457CC4.DOCX.htm)
3. **Conference Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1457C.htm)
4. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1457JUDICIARY.DOCX.htm)
5. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to JUD - Cobb - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/488468)
6. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1457H.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1457P.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1457S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **15–14** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **15–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **15–14** (pass) · upper
- failed to pass — **29–31** (fail) · lower
- failed to pass — **14–16** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **15–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DP `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`
- **2021-03-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** FAILED `failure`
- **2021-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-07** FAILED `failure`
- **2021-04-12** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-12** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-12** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-12** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-26** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27** 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/77228af3-3696-4874-a041-090a4523692c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).