---
type: "Bill"
title: "AHCCCS; dental services; Native Americans"
description: "AHCCCS; dental services; Native Americans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2244"
citation: "Arizona HB 2244 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AHCCCS", "ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM", "DENTAL SERVICES", "INDIAN AND TRIBAL HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "TRIBAL LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c54393cb-b461-47f5-a655-9d45e9b153e4"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72869?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "4595d1f2af1cea0455e30b844d9217fef2bd91be20b5b77a7aa5aeca7907d38f"
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 HB 2244 (54th-2nd-regular) — AHCCCS; dental services; Native Americans

## 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/54leg/2R/laws/0017.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Shope - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/476002)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2244H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2244P.htm)

## Votes

- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **25–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas "T.J." Shope, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2020-01-21** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2020-02-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-16** Transmit to House
- **2020-03-16** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-23** 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/c54393cb-b461-47f5-a655-9d45e9b153e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).