# Arizona SB 1215: litigation; financing; consumer protection; enforcement

Arizona SB 1215, litigation; financing; consumer protection; enforcement, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Venden "Vince" Leach (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-19 (Final Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1215-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1215
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: litigation; financing; consumer protection; enforcement
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-06-19, Final Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Venden "Vince" Leach (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: adverse determinations, applicability, consumer protection, courts and civil proceedings - title 12, definitions, effective date, enforcement, financing, general provisions, litigation, litigation financing, preserving consumer control, preserving consumer recoveries, prohibited conduct, required disclosures, violations
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (133 yes, 6 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Courts check funding conflicts in group lawsuits: benefit, low. Beginning December 31, 2025, courts must consider lawsuit funding and related conflicts when deciding whether class representatives and their lawyers fairly represent the group. In multidistrict cases, courts must consider funding and conflicts when choosing lead lawyers and other case leaders.
- Lawsuit funders cannot control cases: mixed, low. Beginning December 31, 2025, funders cannot control decisions about lawyers, experts, case strategy, or settlement; the parties and their lawyers keep control. Funders cannot pay lawyers, law firms, or licensed health care providers for referrals. Funding backed directly or indirectly by a foreign…
- Lawsuit parties disclose funding deals: mixed, low. Beginning December 31, 2025, Arizona covers agreements that tie payment to a lawsuit’s outcome, including some portfolios of cases. It excludes personal or family advances, lawyers’ contingency fees and cost advances, insurance and indemnity payments, regular institutional loans, certain nonprofit…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Venden "Vince" Leach (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-19 | Senate | CONCUR: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2025-06-19 | Senate | FINAL: Passed | pass | 30 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-18 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 59 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-13 | Senate | C&P | pass | 5 | 3 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | DPA | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-13 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 27 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | DPA | pass | 4 | 2 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-06-19: Final Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-06-19: Concurrence: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-06-17: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: undefined: DPA (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: undefined: DPA (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: undefined: W/D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0226.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531395)
- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1215H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530899)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1215P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521676)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1215S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527307)

## Related bills

- SB 1281: adjutant general; duties (signed)
- HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio (signed)
- HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability (signed)
- HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan (signed)
- HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service (signed)
- HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0226.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531395)
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1215H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530899)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1215P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521676)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1215S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527307)

## Related
- [SB 1281: adjutant general; duties](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1281-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2015-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2077-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2034-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2036-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2035-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1215-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).