---
type: "Bill"
title: "unborn child; statutory language."
description: "unborn child; statutory language."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1838"
citation: "Arizona SB 1838 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISPOSITION-TRANSIT PERMITS", "HUMAN REMAINS", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "STATUTORY LANGUAGE", "UNBORN CHILD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly Townsend"]
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/fa437683-15dd-40f1-a4af-ff3125a13ebb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76193?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "87302aaca0e01596ca716fefe18cbd57bc69379ab33cec469818fcb5488431f9"
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 1838 (55th-1st-regular) — unborn child; statutory language.

## 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/0389.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1838P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1838S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly Townsend — 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/fa437683-15dd-40f1-a4af-ff3125a13ebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).