---
type: "Bill"
title: "health care ministries; exemption; definition"
description: "health care ministries; exemption; definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1048"
citation: "Arizona SB 1048 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITION", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "EXEMPTION", "HEALTH CARE MINISTRIES (H)", "HEALTH CARE SHARING MINISTRIES", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Livingston"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ce804a7-8c10-4440-aadb-f0e85e4c22d5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74347?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "66ce4361dd21ff59cc5ce18bffac1eb88c3d80b9b55f135aa3de9a9be1315942"
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 1048 (55th-1st-regular) — health care ministries; exemption; definition

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0308.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1048P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Alston flr amend (ref Bill) failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/S.1048FLOORALSTON1006.docx.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1048S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Livingston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-26** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-27** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** 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/9ce804a7-8c10-4440-aadb-f0e85e4c22d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).