---
type: "Bill"
title: "armed robbery; deadly weapon; classification"
description: "armed robbery; deadly weapon; classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1251"
citation: "Arizona SB 1251 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b986b45-1e91-4295-bb82-6178fe99d7cf"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77143?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "f32408873f8ace3e7115fbb9a2d8ccfda957853a175879602461f3d41cd77cff"
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 1251 (55th-2nd-regular) — armed robbery; deadly weapon; classification

## 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/2r/laws/0348.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/proposed/h.1251blackman se.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1251p.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1251s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **40–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-28** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-06-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-06-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-06** 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/6b986b45-1e91-4295-bb82-6178fe99d7cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).