---
type: "Bill"
title: "child fatality; maternal mortality"
description: "child fatality; maternal mortality"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1316"
citation: "Arizona SB 1316 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e631069-8529-43e4-8a54-55fb39de2bff"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82699?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "29a6114a543d64c3516a2f11b26054d268ad4539cdc7897b1ef30851d793cb73"
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 1316 (57th-1st-regular) — child fatality; maternal mortality

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0098.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1316p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523256)
4. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526616)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1316s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **42–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-05** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-04-29** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** 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/7e631069-8529-43e4-8a54-55fb39de2bff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).