---
type: "Bill"
title: "guardian ad litem; protective proceeding"
description: "guardian ad litem; protective proceeding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1390"
citation: "Arizona SB 1390 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITY", "GUARDIAN AD LITEM", "PROTECTION", "PROTECTIVE PROCEEDING", "TRUSTS", "ESTATES AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 14"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/730f6515-41ca-41e5-9ad1-d32d045fc744"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75423?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "b12323c0ad6da26691f0627607d79dc1e9047f5403dde58158e659f1c85997d3"
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 1390 (55th-1st-regular) — guardian ad litem; protective proceeding

## 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/0248.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1390P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1390JUD.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1390S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–27** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-10** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-08** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-08** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16** 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/730f6515-41ca-41e5-9ad1-d32d045fc744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).