# Arizona SB 1242: mental health; hearings; audiovisual technology

Arizona SB 1242, mental health; hearings; audiovisual technology, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Hildy Angius (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-19 (Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1242-57th-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 1242
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session
- Title: mental health; hearings; audiovisual technology
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-21
- Last action: 2026-06-19, Signed by Governor
- Sponsor: Hildy Angius (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: annual review, audiovisual technology, conduct of hearing, court order for continued treatment, hearings, immunity, mental health, mental health services, notice, patients with a grave disability, patients with a persistent disability, patients with an acute disability, public health and safety - title 36, record, retroactivity (h), rights at hearing, rules, transcript, use of audiovisual technology
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (117 yes, 15 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: Hildy Angius (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Carine Werner (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-09 | Senate | Concurrence: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2026-06-09 | Senate | Final Reading: Passed | pass | 27 | 2 |   |
| 2026-05-05 | House | Third Reading: Passed | pass | 44 | 7 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | House | Rules: C&P | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | House | Health & Human Services: DP | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Third Reading: Passed | pass | 21 | 6 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Health and Human Services: DP | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-06-19: Signed by Governor (Governor)
- 2026-06-09: Final Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2026-06-09: Concurrence: Passed (Senate)
- 2026-05-05: Third Reading: Passed (House)
- 2026-04-28: Additional Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (House)
- 2026-04-28: Miscellaneous Motion: Passed (House)
- 2026-03-03: Rules: C&P (House)
- 2026-03-02: Health & Human Services: DP (House)
- 2026-02-24: House Second Reading (House)
- 2026-02-23: House First Reading (House)
- 2026-02-19: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Rules: PFC (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Health and Human Services: DP (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Senate Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Senate First Reading (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/laws/0160.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/544252)
- House Engrossed Version (05/05/2026): [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1242H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542931)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1242P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/534275)
- Senate Engrossed Version (02/19/2026): [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1242S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/536414)

## 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
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/laws/0160.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/544252)
- [House Engrossed Version (05/05/2026) (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1242H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (05/05/2026) (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542931)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1242P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/534275)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (02/19/2026) (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1242S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (02/19/2026) (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/536414)

## 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-SB1242-57th-2nd-regular (as of 2026-11-04).