---
type: "Bill"
title: "nutrition assistance; benefit match."
description: "nutrition assistance; benefit match."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1845"
citation: "Arizona SB 1845 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BENEFIT MATCH", "DEFINITIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY (DES)", "DES (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY)", "INCENTIVES", "NUTRITION ASSISTANCE", "SNAP (SEE: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM)", "SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP)", "WELFARE - TITLE 46"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sine Kerr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-10"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/696372ec-3957-4380-9bca-81fc456c7938"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76186?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "0e148518aad193455166471df34fd2fe10780edeb69d4b0b1b5c61c9e24d5260"
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 1845 (55th-1st-regular) — nutrition assistance; benefit match.

## 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/0396.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1845P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1845S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **44–14** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sine Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** Transmit to House
- **2021-06-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30** 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/696372ec-3957-4380-9bca-81fc456c7938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).