# Arizona SB 1234: juvenile court proceedings; appointment; attorney

Arizona SB 1234, juvenile court proceedings; appointment; attorney, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Carine Werner (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-19 (House Second Reading) (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1234-57th-2nd-regular
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1234
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session
- Title: juvenile court proceedings; appointment; attorney
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-03-19, House Second Reading
- Sponsor: Carine Werner (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: appointment, attorney, child safety - title 8, counsel right, guardian, guardian ad litem, juvenile, juvenile court, juvenile court proceedings, parent
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (21 yes, 12 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Carine Werner (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Hildy Angius (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-17 | Senate | Third Reading: Passed | pass | 16 | 10 |   |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | Judiciary and Elections: DPA | pass | 5 | 2 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2026-03-19: House Second Reading (House)
- 2026-03-18: House First Reading (House)
- 2026-03-17: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Rules: PFC (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: Judiciary and Elections: DPA (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Senate Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: Senate First Reading (Senate)
- undated: Rules: None (House)
- undated: Judiciary: None (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1234P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/534193)
- Senate Engrossed Version (03/17/2026): [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1234S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/540281)

## Related bills

- SB 1198: Arizona beef council; continuation (signed)
- SB 1189: campaign spending; personal security (signed)
- SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers (signed)
- HB 2780: judicial foreclosure; excess proceeds sale (signed)
- HB 2786: TPT; exemption; textbook rental (signed)
- HB 2477: Arizona's education savings plan; revisions (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1234P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/534193)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (03/17/2026) (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1234S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (03/17/2026) (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/540281)

## Related
- [SB 1198: Arizona beef council; continuation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1198-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1189: campaign spending; personal security](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1189-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1215-57th-2nd-regular)
- [HB 2780: judicial foreclosure; excess proceeds sale](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2780-57th-2nd-regular)
- [HB 2786: TPT; exemption; textbook rental](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2786-57th-2nd-regular)
- [HB 2477: Arizona's education savings plan; revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2477-57th-2nd-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1234-57th-2nd-regular (as of 2026-11-04).