---
type: "Bill"
title: "transitional housing; DOC; contracts"
description: "transitional housing; DOC; contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1609"
citation: "Arizona SB 1609 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Kern"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af87c5fb-83f9-411b-9422-a05de2904da3"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79295?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "e8697d87259c76a3442846152dfcfb660ec5a807423072b328454a2a0a0b4c65"
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 1609 (56th-1st-regular) — transitional housing; DOC; contracts

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0071.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1609p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1609s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anthony Kern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-04-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-18** 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/af87c5fb-83f9-411b-9422-a05de2904da3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).