---
type: "Bill"
title: "court-ordered treatment; guardians; notice; release"
description: "court-ordered treatment; guardians; notice; release"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1243"
citation: "Arizona SB 1243 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hildy Angius"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ec546f8-437a-43be-b610-4f7c109ed4b2"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84757?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "9a0989c2af3ab2f85c97933362a6b92eb1a5bcc5f99b5e86f16f97daa6a820dc"
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 1243 (57th-2nd-regular) — court-ordered treatment; guardians; notice; release

## 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/2r/laws/0161.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1243p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Angius flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/538588)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/24/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1243s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **22–5** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **50–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hildy Angius — primary (person)
- Carine Werner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Transmit to House
- **2026-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-16** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-04-02** DP `informal-passage`
- **2026-06-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-02** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-06-09** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 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/5ec546f8-437a-43be-b610-4f7c109ed4b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).