---
type: "Bill"
title: "industrial hemp; licensing"
description: "industrial hemp; licensing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1098"
citation: "Arizona SB 1098 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL LICENSING", "AGRICULTURE - TITLE 3", "APPROPRIATING MONIES", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DUTIES", "INDUSTRIAL HEMP", "LICENSING", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "TRUST FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sonny Borrelli"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd0f5473-5bea-42fd-b30e-f37019e2493c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69874?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "2e8f56d26a4d0e5029d5b9eaac4c8fc7c84ff0c523fc043e732aa3acd332a5fa"
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 1098 (53rd-2nd-regular) — industrial hemp; licensing

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0287.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1098P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1098S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **56–3** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sonny Borrelli — primary (person)
- Andrea Dalessandro — cosponsor (person)
- Athena Salman — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Thorpe — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine Miranda — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Don Shooter — cosponsor (person)
- Drew John — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Descheenie — cosponsor (person)
- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Norgaard — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Kelli Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Kirsten Engel — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)
- Macario Saldate — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Cardenas — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Quezada — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Olivia Cajero Bedford — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Powers Hannley — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Friese — cosponsor (person)
- Ray D. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Rosanna Gabaldón — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Farley — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis W. Grantham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-10** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-14** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-15** transmit to house
- **2018-05-03** transmit to senate
- **2018-05-04** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd0f5473-5bea-42fd-b30e-f37019e2493c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).