AZ SB 1656
deadfamily court; professional personnel; requirements
Arizona · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did AZ SB 1656 pass?
No. AZ SB 1656 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-26): FAILED
What is AZ SB 1656 about?
AZ SB 1656 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “family court; professional personnel; requirements”.
Who sponsors AZ SB 1656?
Mark Finchem is the primary sponsor of AZ SB 1656.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-26 — FAILED
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Mark Finchemprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-26
FAILED
failure
2026-03-09
House Second Reading
reading-2
2026-03-05
House First Reading.
reading-1
2026-03-02
Transmit to House
2026-03-02
PASSED
passage,reading-3
2026-03-02
DP
informal-passage
2026-02-18
DP
committee-passage
2026-02-10
Senate Second Reading
reading-2
2026-02-09
Senate First Reading
reading-1
Versions
Documents
Votes
do pass
2026-03-02 · fail · 0-0
Passed
2026-03-02 · pass · 17-13
Member-level votes (30)
- Lela Alston: no
- Hildy Angius: yes
- Shawnna Bolick: yes
- Flavio Bravo: no
- Frank Carroll: yes
- Eva Diaz: no
- Timothy "Tim" Dunn: yes
- Denise “Mitzi” Epstein: no
- David C. Farnsworth: yes
- Brian Fernandez: no
- Mark Finchem: yes
- Rosanna Gabaldón: no
- Sally Ann Gonzales: no
- David Gowan: yes
- Theresa Hatathlie: no
- Jake Hoffman: yes
- John Kavanagh: yes
- Lauren Kuby: no
- Venden "Vince" Leach: yes
- J.D. Mesnard: yes
- Catherine Miranda: no
- Analise Ortiz: no
- Kevin Payne: yes
- Wendy Rogers: yes
- Kiana Sears: no
- Janae Shamp: yes
- Thomas "T.J." Shope: yes
- Priya Sundareshan: no
- Carine Werner: yes
- Warren Petersen: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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