---
type: "Bill"
title: "victims' privacy; criminal case information"
description: "victims' privacy; criminal case information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1256"
citation: "Arizona SB 1256 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY", "CRIMINAL CASE INFORMATION", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "EXCEPTIONS (H)", "VICTIMS' PRIVACY", "VICTIMS' RIGHTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Boyer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b2cebac-972c-49ba-b3e5-44189244495d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75007?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "ef776f8b2f31309edce714dbe6676e2abdcc6b5fb76e06ba27875c9739a131a0"
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 1256 (55th-1st-regular) — victims' privacy; criminal case information

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0040.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1256P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1256S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul Boyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-26** 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/6b2cebac-972c-49ba-b3e5-44189244495d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).