# Arizona SB 1604: licensed secure facility; incompetent defendants

Arizona SB 1604, licensed secure facility; incompetent defendants, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Hildy Angius (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-29 (Final Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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- As of: 2026-10-27
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## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1604
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: licensed secure facility; incompetent defendants
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-19
- Last action: 2025-04-29, Final Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Hildy Angius (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Subjects: annual report, calculation, commitment trial, criminal code - title 13, dangerous and incompetent defendants, defendants (h), definition, department of health services (dhs), dhs (see also: department of health services), disposition, findings, incompetent defendants, license, licensed secure facility, licensed secure health facility (h), proof evident hearing, public health and safety - title 36, secure behavioral health residential facilities, secure facilities, terms of imprisonment
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (121 yes, 15 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Prison-time credit for committed defendants: benefit, medium. A person involuntarily committed under section 13-4521 gets credit toward prison time after being found competent to stand trial. The credit covers all time under the authority of a secure state mental health facility or a licensed secure health facility. It applies to imprisonment for a charge tha…
- Fewer facility options for some patients: cost, low. A person committed under section 36-550.09 cannot receive treatment at a secure behavioral health residential facility that also treats people committed under section 13-4521. This limits the facilities available to that person.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Hildy Angius (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brian Fernandez (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Carine Werner (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: David C. Farnsworth (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: David Gowan (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Janae Shamp (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: John Kavanagh (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kevin Payne (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Leo Biasiucci (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Gress (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Timothy "Tim" Dunn (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Wendy Rogers (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-29 | Senate | CONCUR: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2025-04-29 | Senate | FINAL: Passed | pass | 26 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 47 | 8 |   |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | C&P | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | DPA | pass | 10 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 24 | 3 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | DPA | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-04-29: Final Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Concurrence: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: undefined: DPA (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Committee of the Whole: retained (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: undefined: DPA (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0113.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530115)
- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1604H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529158)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1604P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522801)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1604S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526830)

## Related bills

- SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0113.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530115)
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1604H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529158)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1604P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522801)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1604S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526830)

## Related
- [SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1496-57th-1st-regular)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1604-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).