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legislation/us/states/az/56th-1st-regular/sb-1609.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "transitional housing; DOC; contracts"
+description: "transitional housing; DOC; contracts"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "56th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1609"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1609 (56th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Kern"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-01"
+last_action: "2023-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af87c5fb-83f9-411b-9422-a05de2904da3"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79295?SessionId=127"
+source_hash: "e8697d87259c76a3442846152dfcfb660ec5a807423072b328454a2a0a0b4c65"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
+---
+
+# Arizona SB 1609 (56th-1st-regular) — transitional housing; DOC; contracts
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/laws/0071.pdf)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1609p.pdf)
+3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1609s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anthony Kern — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-15** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-27** Transmit to House
+- **2023-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-13** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-20** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-10** Transmit to Senate
+- **2023-04-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af87c5fb-83f9-411b-9422-a05de2904da3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+