---
type: "Bill"
title: "law enforcement officers; probation; termination"
description: "law enforcement officers; probation; termination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1461"
citation: "Arizona SB 1461 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a08c5177-97c4-45e4-a07a-6ba525d0fdee"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82885?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "2b5e647b96cc4f7606fde3b9422b1336dc28de65643ddbbd1410ddf16a1caf9b"
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 1461 (57th-1st-regular) — law enforcement officers; probation; termination

## 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/0070.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - 1461PUBLIC SAFETY LAW ENFORCEMENT.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527790)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Marshall - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529061)
4. **HOUSE - Public Safety & Law Enforcement** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527535)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1461h.pdf)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1461p.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1461s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **42–17** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-05** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-04-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** 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/a08c5177-97c4-45e4-a07a-6ba525d0fdee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).