---
type: "Bill"
title: "insurance; optometrists; contracts; covered services."
description: "insurance; optometrists; contracts; covered services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1297"
citation: "Arizona SB 1297 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["2020 (H)", "CONTRACTS", "COVERED SERVICE", "DEADLINES (H)", "DEFINITIONS", "EMERGENCY (H)", "INCOME TAX FILING EXTENSION (H)", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "OPTOMETRIC SERVICE CORPORATION", "OPTOMETRISTS", "OPTOMETRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Shope"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffbe1cc6-0070-4316-940c-87391e79a870"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75127?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "ece978a3e82ec59971c2e690dbfd26eb16f788cad656f2ea44729db68ada73b3"
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 1297 (55th-1st-regular) — insurance; optometrists; contracts; covered services.

## 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/0177.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by WM - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/488360)
3. **HOUSE - Ways & Means** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/H.1297BOLICK2.DOCX.htm)
4. **HOUSE - Ways & Means - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1297WAYS  MEANS.DOCX.htm)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1297H.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1297P.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1297S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas Shope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-24** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-01** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-01** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05** 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/ffbe1cc6-0070-4316-940c-87391e79a870`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).