13 Arizona Family Court Reform Bills.
40 Hours of Testimony.
One Committee Chairman Killed Every Single One.
Senator Mark Finchem spent over a year working with parents, judges, and lawyers on legislation that would reform Arizona's broken family court system. Hundreds of Yavapai County families testified. Then House Judiciary Committee Chairman Quang Nguyen — who also represents LD1 — in a single day, killed every single one.
Every bill passed by the Senate must go through a House Committee before it can become law. The Committee Chairman decides which bills get a hearing and a vote — and which get "held." A bill that is "held" never gets a vote. It dies. There is no debate. No recorded vote. No explanation required. The Chairman simply refuses to schedule it.
Rep. Quang Nguyen is the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He held every single family court reform bill listed below — without a vote, without a recorded reason, and without ever explaining himself to the families who testified.
The 13 Bills Chairman Nguyen Blocked
What each bill would have done — and why it mattered to your family| Bill | Subject | What It Would Have Done | Why It Mattered to Your Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB1139Sen. Finchem | Therapeutic Intervention & Experts | Courts could NOT force parents to pay for therapy or counseling without both parents agreeing — and "experts" would need real qualifications. | Families lose their homes paying $150–$400/hour for court-ordered therapists they never requested. This bill would have ended forced, paid "therapy" that can go on for years. |
| SB1147Sen. Finchem | Post-Decree Expert Rules | Sets limits on the power and cost of court "experts" after a divorce is final. | Court-appointed professionals keep billing families for years after divorce with no end in sight. This would have put a stop to that. |
| SB1234Sen. Werner | Kids' Right to a Lawyer | Children in family court cases would have a lawyer whose only job is to speak for them — not for either parent. | Right now children in Arizona family court often have no one whose only job is to protect them. This bill would have changed that. Note: SB1234 passed the full Senate 16–10 on March 17, 2026 — then landed in Nguyen’s House Judiciary Committee on March 19, where it has sat without a hearing ever since. |
| SB1328Sen. Finchem | Parents' Rights Protection | Protects parents' right to make decisions for their own children in family court. | Parents were losing basic rights to make medical, school, and everyday decisions for their kids. This bill would have restored those rights. |
| SB1329Sen. Finchem | Accountability for Court Professionals | Court-appointed professionals who act unfairly or harm families could be held responsible. | Court-appointed psychologists and coordinators currently have near-total immunity — they cannot be sued no matter what they do. This bill would have ended that. |
| SB1330Sen. Finchem | Right to a Jury Trial | Families would have the right to a jury instead of just one judge deciding their case. | One judge currently has total power over your children and your future. This bill would have given families the right to have ordinary citizens — not just one judge — decide. |
| SB1644Sen. Finchem | Mandatory Abuse Reporting | Family court professionals would be required to report suspected child abuse — no exceptions. | Children have been seriously harmed — and killed — because abuse warnings were ignored in family court. This bill would have required mandatory reporting. |
| SB1653Sen. Finchem | Fair Court Fees | Stops courts from forcing one side to pay all the costs in an unfair way. | One parent can weaponize the court to drain the other parent's money. This bill would have made the fee process fair for both sides. |
| SB1655Sen. Finchem | Juror Duty & Election Workers | People summoned for jury duty would have the option to serve as election workers instead. | This bill would have given citizens a meaningful civic alternative when called for jury service — supporting election integrity at the local level. Status: Introduced February 9, 2026 — held in the Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee. Never reached Nguyen's committee. Blocked before it could advance. |
| SB1656Sen. Finchem | Training Standards for Court Workers | Better training and minimum standards required for everyone who works in family court. | Unqualified professionals with no real training are making life-altering decisions about Arizona children. This bill would have required them to actually know what they are doing. |
| SB1657Sen. Finchem | Attorney Fee Cap | Limits how much lawyers can charge in family court cases. | One Arizona parent spent $1 million over nine years just to see their children. This bill would have capped runaway legal fees. |
| SB1658Sen. Finchem | Jury Trial for Child Custody | A jury — not just one judge — could decide major child custody questions. | Parents told the Ad Hoc Committee that judges ignored evidence in deciding whether they could see their children. Twelve citizens are harder to ignore than one judge. |
| SB1720Sen. Bolick | Equal Parenting Time | Courts encouraged to give both parents equal time with their children when it is safe. | Children grow up best with both parents in their lives. This bill would have made equal parenting time the starting point — not something to fight for. |
| Current Status of All 13 Bills Blocked by Nguyen: Dead for 2026. All 13 bills above were held by House Judiciary Chairman Quang Nguyen on March 19, 2026 — without a hearing, without opportunity for amendments, without a vote, and without a word of explanation to the hundreds of families who testified. | |||
Shawn Dell Wildman is a 34-year Yavapai County resident, a Clean Elections candidate, and a firsthand witness to what this system does to families. Your representative should answer to you — not to committee politics or a chairman who calls your bills "stupid."
- Bring every one of these bills back for a real vote
- Hold court-appointed professionals accountable
- Restore parents' rights in decisions about their children
- Never ignore constituent testimony
- All 13 Bills
- legiscan.com/AZ
- AZ Legislature
- azleg.gov/bills
- Sen. Finchem's Statement
- tinyurl.com/Family-Court-bills
- Family Court Hearings
- tinyurl.com/Family-Court-Hearings
- Contact
-
928-350-7373
info@WildmanInTheHouse.com
WildmanInTheHouse.com
On April 19, 2026, Rep. Quang Nguyen posted publicly on Facebook. He confirmed that he blocked the bills and called them "STUPID BILLS." He referred to Senator Finchem — the LD1 senator who represents your county — as "trash."
That post has since been deleted. A voter who replied to Nguyen was later referenced in a follow-up post — but the original words are on the record.
Ask yourself: why delete it? Was the public reaction too strong? Was he trying to erase what he said before the Town Hall? The families who drove to Phoenix and testified for 40 hours deserve a real answer.
Source: Rep. Quang Nguyen's Facebook page, posted April 19, 2026. Screenshot preserved. Post subsequently deleted by Rep. Nguyen. The quote "Stupid Bills" and the characterization of Sen. Finchem as "trash" are Rep. Nguyen's own words.
13 Arizona Family Court Reform Bills.
40 Hours of Testimony.
One Committee Chairman Killed Every Single One.
Senator Mark Finchem spent over a year working with parents, judges, and lawyers on legislation that would reform Arizona's broken family court system. Hundreds of Yavapai County families testified. Then House Judiciary Committee Chairman Quang Nguyen — who also represents LD1 — in a single day, killed every single one.
Every bill passed by the Senate must go through a House Committee before it can become law. The Committee Chairman decides which bills get a hearing and a vote — and which get "held." A bill that is "held" never gets a vote. It dies. There is no debate. No recorded vote. No explanation required. The Chairman simply refuses to schedule it.
Rep. Quang Nguyen is the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He held every single family court reform bill listed below — without a vote, without a recorded reason, and without ever explaining himself to the families who testified.
The 13 Bills Chairman Nguyen Blocked
What each bill would have done — and why it mattered to your family| Bill | Subject | What It Would Have Done | Why It Mattered to Your Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB1139Sen. Finchem | Therapeutic Intervention & Experts | Courts could NOT force parents to pay for therapy or counseling without both parents agreeing — and "experts" would need real qualifications. | Families lose their homes paying $150–$400/hour for court-ordered therapists they never requested. This bill would have ended forced, paid "therapy" that can go on for years. |
| SB1147Sen. Finchem | Post-Decree Expert Rules | Sets limits on the power and cost of court "experts" after a divorce is final. | Court-appointed professionals keep billing families for years after divorce with no end in sight. This would have put a stop to that. |
| SB1234Sen. Werner | Kids' Right to a Lawyer | Children in family court cases would have a lawyer whose only job is to speak for them — not for either parent. | Right now children in Arizona family court often have no one whose only job is to protect them. This bill would have changed that. Note: SB1234 passed the full Senate 16–10 on March 17, 2026 — then landed in Nguyen’s House Judiciary Committee on March 19, where it has sat without a hearing ever since. |
| SB1328Sen. Finchem | Parents' Rights Protection | Protects parents' right to make decisions for their own children in family court. | Parents were losing basic rights to make medical, school, and everyday decisions for their kids. This bill would have restored those rights. |
| SB1329Sen. Finchem | Accountability for Court Professionals | Court-appointed professionals who act unfairly or harm families could be held responsible. | Court-appointed psychologists and coordinators currently have near-total immunity — they cannot be sued no matter what they do. This bill would have ended that. |
| SB1330Sen. Finchem | Right to a Jury Trial | Families would have the right to a jury instead of just one judge deciding their case. | One judge currently has total power over your children and your future. This bill would have given families the right to have ordinary citizens — not just one judge — decide. |
| SB1644Sen. Finchem | Mandatory Abuse Reporting | Family court professionals would be required to report suspected child abuse — no exceptions. | Children have been seriously harmed — and killed — because abuse warnings were ignored in family court. This bill would have required mandatory reporting. |
| SB1653Sen. Finchem | Fair Court Fees | Stops courts from forcing one side to pay all the costs in an unfair way. | One parent can weaponize the court to drain the other parent's money. This bill would have made the fee process fair for both sides. |
| SB1655Sen. Finchem | Juror Duty & Election Workers | People summoned for jury duty would have the option to serve as election workers instead. | This bill would have given citizens a meaningful civic alternative when called for jury service — supporting election integrity at the local level. Status: Introduced February 9, 2026 — held in the Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee. Never reached Nguyen's committee. Blocked before it could advance. |
| SB1656Sen. Finchem | Training Standards for Court Workers | Better training and minimum standards required for everyone who works in family court. | Unqualified professionals with no real training are making life-altering decisions about Arizona children. This bill would have required them to actually know what they are doing. |
| SB1657Sen. Finchem | Attorney Fee Cap | Limits how much lawyers can charge in family court cases. | One Arizona parent spent $1 million over nine years just to see their children. This bill would have capped runaway legal fees. |
| SB1658Sen. Finchem | Jury Trial for Child Custody | A jury — not just one judge — could decide major child custody questions. | Parents told the Ad Hoc Committee that judges ignored evidence in deciding whether they could see their children. Twelve citizens are harder to ignore than one judge. |
| SB1720Sen. Bolick | Equal Parenting Time | Courts encouraged to give both parents equal time with their children when it is safe. | Children grow up best with both parents in their lives. This bill would have made equal parenting time the starting point — not something to fight for. |
| Current Status of All 13 Bills Blocked by Nguyen: Dead for 2026. All 13 bills above were held by House Judiciary Chairman Quang Nguyen on March 19, 2026 — without a hearing, without opportunity for amendments, without a vote, and without a word of explanation to the hundreds of families who testified. | |||
Shawn Dell Wildman is a 34-year Yavapai County resident, a Clean Elections candidate, and a firsthand witness to what this system does to families. Your representative should answer to you — not to committee politics or a chairman who calls your bills "stupid."
- Bring every one of these bills back for a real vote
- Hold court-appointed professionals accountable
- Restore parents' rights in decisions about their children
- Never ignore constituent testimony
- All 13 Bills
- legiscan.com/AZ
- AZ Legislature
- azleg.gov/bills
- Sen. Finchem's Statement
- tinyurl.com/Family-Court-bills
- Family Court Hearings
- tinyurl.com/Family-Court-Hearings
- Contact
-
928-350-7373
info@WildmanInTheHouse.com
WildmanInTheHouse.com
On April 19, 2026, Rep. Quang Nguyen posted publicly on Facebook. He confirmed that he blocked the bills and called them "STUPID BILLS." He referred to Senator Finchem — the LD1 senator who represents your county — as "trash."
That post has since been deleted. A voter who replied to Nguyen was later referenced in a follow-up post — but the original words are on the record.
Ask yourself: why delete it? Was the public reaction too strong? Was he trying to erase what he said before the Town Hall? The families who drove to Phoenix and testified for 40 hours deserve a real answer.
Source: Rep. Quang Nguyen's Facebook page, posted April 19, 2026. Screenshot preserved. Post subsequently deleted by Rep. Nguyen. The quote "Stupid Bills" and the characterization of Sen. Finchem as "trash" are Rep. Nguyen's own words.
13 Arizona Family Court Reform Bills.
40 Hours of Testimony.
One Committee Chairman Killed Every Single One.
Senator Mark Finchem spent over a year working with parents, judges, and lawyers on legislation that would reform Arizona's broken family court system. Hundreds of Yavapai County families testified. Then House Judiciary Committee Chairman Quang Nguyen — who also represents LD1 — in a single day, killed every single one.
Every bill passed by the Senate must go through a House Committee before it can become law. The Committee Chairman decides which bills get a hearing and a vote — and which get "held." A bill that is "held" never gets a vote. It dies. There is no debate. No recorded vote. No explanation required. The Chairman simply refuses to schedule it.
Rep. Quang Nguyen is the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He held every single family court reform bill listed below — without a vote, without a recorded reason, and without ever explaining himself to the families who testified.
The 13 Bills Chairman Nguyen Blocked
What each bill would have done — and why it mattered to your family| Bill | Subject | What It Would Have Done | Why It Mattered to Your Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB1139Sen. Finchem | Therapeutic Intervention & Experts | Courts could NOT force parents to pay for therapy or counseling without both parents agreeing — and "experts" would need real qualifications. | Families lose their homes paying $150–$400/hour for court-ordered therapists they never requested. This bill would have ended forced, paid "therapy" that can go on for years. |
| SB1147Sen. Finchem | Post-Decree Expert Rules | Sets limits on the power and cost of court "experts" after a divorce is final. | Court-appointed professionals keep billing families for years after divorce with no end in sight. This would have put a stop to that. |
| SB1234Sen. Werner | Kids' Right to a Lawyer | Children in family court cases would have a lawyer whose only job is to speak for them — not for either parent. | Right now children in Arizona family court often have no one whose only job is to protect them. This bill would have changed that. Note: SB1234 passed the full Senate 16–10 on March 17, 2026 — then landed in Nguyen’s House Judiciary Committee on March 19, where it has sat without a hearing ever since. |
| SB1328Sen. Finchem | Parents' Rights Protection | Protects parents' right to make decisions for their own children in family court. | Parents were losing basic rights to make medical, school, and everyday decisions for their kids. This bill would have restored those rights. |
| SB1329Sen. Finchem | Accountability for Court Professionals | Court-appointed professionals who act unfairly or harm families could be held responsible. | Court-appointed psychologists and coordinators currently have near-total immunity — they cannot be sued no matter what they do. This bill would have ended that. |
| SB1330Sen. Finchem | Right to a Jury Trial | Families would have the right to a jury instead of just one judge deciding their case. | One judge currently has total power over your children and your future. This bill would have given families the right to have ordinary citizens — not just one judge — decide. |
| SB1644Sen. Finchem | Mandatory Abuse Reporting | Family court professionals would be required to report suspected child abuse — no exceptions. | Children have been seriously harmed — and killed — because abuse warnings were ignored in family court. This bill would have required mandatory reporting. |
| SB1653Sen. Finchem | Fair Court Fees | Stops courts from forcing one side to pay all the costs in an unfair way. | One parent can weaponize the court to drain the other parent's money. This bill would have made the fee process fair for both sides. |
| SB1655Sen. Finchem | Juror Duty & Election Workers | People summoned for jury duty would have the option to serve as election workers instead. | This bill would have given citizens a meaningful civic alternative when called for jury service — supporting election integrity at the local level. Status: Introduced February 9, 2026 — held in the Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee. Never reached Nguyen's committee. Blocked before it could advance. |
| SB1656Sen. Finchem | Training Standards for Court Workers | Better training and minimum standards required for everyone who works in family court. | Unqualified professionals with no real training are making life-altering decisions about Arizona children. This bill would have required them to actually know what they are doing. |
| SB1657Sen. Finchem | Attorney Fee Cap | Limits how much lawyers can charge in family court cases. | One Arizona parent spent $1 million over nine years just to see their children. This bill would have capped runaway legal fees. |
| SB1658Sen. Finchem | Jury Trial for Child Custody | A jury — not just one judge — could decide major child custody questions. | Parents told the Ad Hoc Committee that judges ignored evidence in deciding whether they could see their children. Twelve citizens are harder to ignore than one judge. |
| SB1720Sen. Bolick | Equal Parenting Time | Courts encouraged to give both parents equal time with their children when it is safe. | Children grow up best with both parents in their lives. This bill would have made equal parenting time the starting point — not something to fight for. |
| Current Status of All 13 Bills Blocked by Nguyen: Dead for 2026. All 13 bills above were held by House Judiciary Chairman Quang Nguyen on March 19, 2026 — without a hearing, without opportunity for amendments, without a vote, and without a word of explanation to the hundreds of families who testified. | |||
Shawn Dell Wildman is a 34-year Yavapai County resident, a Clean Elections candidate, and a firsthand witness to what this system does to families. Your representative should answer to you — not to committee politics or a chairman who calls your bills "stupid."
- Bring every one of these bills back for a real vote
- Hold court-appointed professionals accountable
- Restore parents' rights in decisions about their children
- Never ignore constituent testimony
- All 13 Bills
- legiscan.com/AZ
- AZ Legislature
- azleg.gov/bills
- Sen. Finchem's Statement
- tinyurl.com/Family-Court-bills
- Family Court Hearings
- tinyurl.com/Family-Court-Hearings
- Contact
-
928-350-7373
info@WildmanInTheHouse.com
WildmanInTheHouse.com
On April 19, 2026, Rep. Quang Nguyen posted publicly on Facebook. He confirmed that he blocked the bills and called them "STUPID BILLS." He referred to Senator Finchem — the LD1 senator who represents your county — as "trash."
That post has since been deleted. A voter who replied to Nguyen was later referenced in a follow-up post — but the original words are on the record.
Ask yourself: why delete it? Was the public reaction too strong? Was he trying to erase what he said before the Town Hall? The families who drove to Phoenix and testified for 40 hours deserve a real answer.
Source: Rep. Quang Nguyen's Facebook page, posted April 19, 2026. Screenshot preserved. Post subsequently deleted by Rep. Nguyen. The quote "Stupid Bills" and the characterization of Sen. Finchem as "trash" are Rep. Nguyen's own words.
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