Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1170: narcotic drugs; sales; minor; sentencing
Status: Failed, June 12, 2026
SB1170 - narcotic drugs; sales; minor; sentencing
What the bill says
An act amending sections 11-594, 13-3407 and 13-3408, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to drug offenses.
From the engrossed text, April 15, 2026:
AN ACT amending sections 11-594, 13-3407 and 13-3408, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to drug offenses. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 11-594, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE11-594. Powers and duties of county medical examiner A. The county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall direct a death investigation and, on a determination that the circumstances of the death provide jurisdiction pursuant to section 11-593, subsection B, shall: 1. Take charge of the dead body. 2. Determine if an autopsy is required. 3. Certify to the cause and manner of death following completion of the death investigation, reduce the findings to writing and promptly make a full report on forms prescribed for that purpose. 4. Have subpoena authority for all documents, records and papers deemed useful in the death investigation. 5. Execute a death certificate provided by the state registrar of vital statistics indicating the cause and the manner of death for those bodies for which a death investigation has been conducted and jurisdiction is assumed. 6. Give approval for cremation or alkaline hydrolysis of a dead body after a death investigation and record the approval on the death certificate. 7. Notify the county attorney or other law enforcement authority when death is …
Sponsors
- Carine Werner (R, SD-004) · primary sponsor
- Angius, Hildy (R, SD-030)
- Matt Gress (R, HD-004)
Latest actions
- : failed to pass
- : Passed
- : Passed
- : do pass amended
- : Passed
- : Passed
- : failed to pass
- : do pass
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
- : Judiciary: do pass
Votes
- FINAL failed to pass (June 12, 2026): 14 yea, 14 nay, failed
- THIRD Passed (June 11, 2026): 32 yea, 25 nay, passed
- THIRD failed to pass (June 9, 2026): 9 yea, 47 nay, failed
- RULES C&P (March 30, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- JUD DP (March 25, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (March 17, 2026): 17 yea, 9 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1170?
- SB1170 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): narcotic drugs; sales; minor; sentencing.
- What does SB1170 do?
- In its own words: An act amending sections 11-594, 13-3407 and 13-3408, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to drug offenses.
- What is the status of SB1170?
- Failed as of June 12, 2026. Latest action: failed to pass (June 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1170?
- Carine Werner (R, SD-004), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1170?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84062/?SessionId=130
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