---
type: "Bill"
title: "dissolution; human embryos; disposition"
description: "dissolution; human embryos; disposition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1393"
citation: "Arizona SB 1393 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISPOSITION", "DISSOLUTION", "DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE", "HUMAN EMBRYOS", "MARITAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS - TITLE 25"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd80755a-e8a6-4dc9-a98f-a127fc6c378b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70559?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "05a24389a62330bbe513538508495bcf89ad54bc55c5a1c38f47c20ae9950e25"
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 1393 (53rd-2nd-regular) — dissolution; human embryos; disposition

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0128.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1393P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1393S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **33–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Yee — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-03** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22** transmit to house
- **2018-03-28** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-29** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd80755a-e8a6-4dc9-a98f-a127fc6c378b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).