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---
type: "Bill"
title: "forensic evidence testing; postconviction relief"
description: "forensic evidence testing; postconviction relief"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1469"
citation: "Arizona SB 1469 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVANCED FORENSIC TESTING", "CONVICTED FELONS", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "FORENSIC EVIDENCE TESTING", "POSTCONVICTION (H)", "POSTCONVICTION RELIEF", "RELIEF (H)", "REQUEST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren Petersen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdd07eec-13bf-459b-b3b3-2dbd13b88e1c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75539?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "90a0b4fb037ca1b7ea4bd70df8cc3dbd6759bab2772e8c51a1374e59bfb70086"
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 1469 (55th-1st-regular) — forensic evidence testing; postconviction relief
## 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/0157.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by CJR - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/487350)
3. **HOUSE - Criminal Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1469CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.DOCX.htm)
4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Roberts - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/487351)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1469H.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1469P.htm)
7. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1469JUD.DOCX.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1469S.htm)
## Votes
- Passed — **300** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **00** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **00** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **300** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **600** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Warren Petersen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-30** 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/cdd07eec-13bf-459b-b3b3-2dbd13b88e1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).