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SB1396 • 2026

contraception; rights; limits.

SB1396 - contraception; rights; limits.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Priya Sundareshan, Lela Alston, Flavio Bravo, Eva Diaz, Denise “Mitzi” Epstein, Brian Fernandez, Rosanna Gabaldón, Sally Ann Gonzales, Theresa Hatathlie, Lauren Kuby, Catherine Miranda, Analise Ortiz, Kiana Sears
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Senate second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is not listed in the provided official material; it may be determined later by executive action or statutory default dates not shown here.

The Arizona Right to Contraception Act

This law creates a legal right for people in Arizona to get birth control and gives licensed health professionals the right to provide it.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates Chapter 43 of Title 36, called the 'Arizona Right to Contraception Act'.
  • States that individuals have a right to obtain contraceptives and use contraception methods.
  • Gives licensed health professionals the right to provide contraceptives and information about them.
  • Prohibits rules that single out doctors, clinics, or patients for providing or using birth control.
  • Bans any rule that makes it harder for people to access contraceptives or related medical advice.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People living in Arizona who want to use contraception
  • Health professionals licensed under Title 32 with prescribing authority
  • Health care facilities where birth control is provided

Terms To Know

Contraception
Any action taken to prevent pregnancy, including using drugs or devices, fertility-awareness methods, and sterilization procedures.
Contraceptive
A drug, device, or biological product legally sold in the U.S. that is used to stop pregnancy.
Health professional
A doctor or provider who has a license under state law and can write prescriptions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not allow the state to stop doctors from giving birth control or patients from getting it.
  • The law does not permit sterilization procedures unless the patient gives voluntary and informed consent.
  • The text provided does not list a specific date when this law will officially take effect.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Senate second read

  2. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senate Judiciary and Elections: None

  4. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1396 - contraception; rights; limits.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SB1396 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
contraception; rights; limits.

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1396

Introduced by

Senators
Sundareshan: Alston, Bravo, Diaz, Epstein, Fernandez, Gabald�n, Gonzales,
Hatathlie, Kuby, Miranda, Ortiz, Sears

AN
ACT

amending
title 36, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 43; relating to
contraception.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, Arizona Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding chapter 43, to read:

CHAPTER 43

RIGHT TO CONTRACEPTION ACT

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

START_STATUTE
36-4301.

Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:

1. "Contraception" means an
action taken to prevent pregnancy, including the use of contraceptives or
fertility-awareness based methods, and sterilization procedures.

2. "Contraceptive" means
any drug, device or biological product intended for use in the prevention of
pregnancy, whether specifically intended to prevent pregnancy or for other
health needs, that is legally marketed under the federal food, drug, and
cosmetic act, such as oral contraceptives, long-acting reversible
contraceptives, emergency contraceptives, internal and external condoms,
injectables, vaginal barrier methods, transdermal patches and vaginal rings or
any other contraceptives.

3. "Health professional"
means a health care provider who is certified or licensed pursuant to title 32
and who has prescribing authority.
END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE
36-4302.

Contraceptives; contraception; rights

A. A person has a right to obtain
contraceptives and to engage in contraception, and a health professional has a
corresponding right to provide contraceptives and information related to
contraception.

B. The rights prescribed in
subsection A of this section may not be limited or otherwise infringed through
any limit or requirement that does either of the following:

1. Expressly, effectively, implicitly
or as implemented singles out the providing of contraceptives or contraception-related
information, health professionals who provide contraceptives or contraception-related
information or health care facilities in which contraceptives or contraception-related
information is provided.

2. Impedes access to contraceptives
or contraception-related information.
END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE
36-4303.

Limits of article

This article does not do either of the
following:

1. Authorize this state or any
political subdivision of this state to interfere with a health professional's
ability to provide contraceptives or contraception-related information or
a patient's ability to obtain contraceptives or to engage in contraception.

2. Allow or sanction the conduct of
any sterilization procedure without the patient's voluntary and informed
consent.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Short title

This act may be cited as the
"Arizona Right to Contraception Act".