---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibited weapons; nunchaku; repeal"
description: "prohibited weapons; nunchaku; repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1291"
citation: "Arizona SB 1291 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "NUNCHAKU", "PROHIBITED WEAPON", "REPEAL", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeaee8e5-729d-4e5a-9564-b2c536ecb32c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71906?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "408c404c6d981ba0e95a455ae669549246217348fd44630a9ad9cc76e00f40a8"
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 1291 (54th-1st-regular) — prohibited weapons; nunchaku; repeal

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0207.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/proposed/H.1291RODRIGUEZ.DOCX.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1291P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1291S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **42–17** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **24–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** transmit to house
- **2019-03-06** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** dp `passage`
- **2019-04-08** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-05-02** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-06** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** 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/aeaee8e5-729d-4e5a-9564-b2c536ecb32c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).