---
type: "Bill"
title: "developmental disability rates; appropriation"
description: "developmental disability rates; appropriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1504"
citation: "Arizona SB 1504 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "COST STUDY", "DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY", "DES", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "RATES", "STUDY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc957559-901d-4e1e-84f8-efe23a9e621d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70715?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "5bab77cab822b30c5686b1b4b8b4802ae332cacb35d37e6040f3666e4cc48a71"
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 1504 (53rd-2nd-regular) — developmental disability rates; appropriation

## 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/0346.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1504P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1504S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-27** 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/cc957559-901d-4e1e-84f8-efe23a9e621d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).