---
type: "Bill"
title: "adoption; original birth certificate; release."
description: "adoption; original birth certificate; release."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1831"
citation: "Arizona SB 1831 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "BIRTH CERTIFICATES", "CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONSENT", "FATHERS' RIGHTS", "NOTIFICATION", "ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "RELEASE", "WAIVER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Fann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-10"
last_action: "2021-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a12aa20-b43f-4c8a-8861-070db4ce6471"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76179?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "4b591b640933172be24a8cce3268cd6e9ff407ca8bc3999e0c3a193cf96b9a91"
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 1831 (55th-1st-regular) — adoption; original birth certificate; release.

## 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/0384.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1831P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1831S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **49–7** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karen Fann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** Transmit to House
- **2021-06-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-28** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-29** 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/4a12aa20-b43f-4c8a-8861-070db4ce6471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).