---
type: "Bill"
title: "probate advisory panel; establishment"
description: "probate advisory panel; establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1038"
citation: "Arizona SB 1038 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d5e5649-edd1-4646-8008-14e231a2b7ba"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78101?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "08b776bb3d5998e13fb875a485bcdb13daaad32adf2ea8e2f5825599f17349f5"
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 1038 (56th-1st-regular) — probate advisory panel; establishment

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0123.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.1038judiciary.pdf)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to JUD - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/508344)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1038h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1038p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1038jud.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Kavanagh flr amend (ref JUD) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/510163)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1038s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **50–8** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08** 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/5d5e5649-edd1-4646-8008-14e231a2b7ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).