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legislation/us/states/az/56th-2nd-regular/sb-1254.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "nursing care; assisted living; continuation"
+description: "nursing care; assisted living; continuation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "56th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1254"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1254 (56th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-30"
+last_action: "2024-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b4da870-c259-4bb2-8292-957ee46e0624"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80752?SessionId=128"
+source_hash: "ff3e2cd5565dbe050094d8d7ef99ca57c3a425cfd035c13017847ae17cb6e505"
+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 1254 (56th-2nd-regular) — nursing care; assisted living; continuation
+
+## 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/2r/laws/0159.pdf)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1254p.pdf)
+3. **SENATE - Shamp flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519135)
+4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1254s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **47–12** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **24–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas "T.J." Shope — primary (person)
+- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-20** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-06** Transmit to House
+- **2024-03-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-01** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-04** Transmit to Senate
+- **2024-04-10** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-16** 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/7b4da870-c259-4bb2-8292-957ee46e0624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+