---
type: "Bill"
title: "scope of practice; process; repeal"
description: "scope of practice; process; repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1021"
citation: "Arizona SB 1021 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c31c19-b5d4-48b1-bbc1-307562472354"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79848?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "d6fe3f75d59f03cd4ab6a932520cc08916430e016fa53103b3dbfbf6dc2b72fe"
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 1021 (56th-2nd-regular) — scope of practice; process; repeal

## 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/2r/laws/0075.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1021p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/s.1021hhs.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/515209)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1021s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **40–13** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **24–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas "T.J." Shope — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Eva Burch — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Montenegro — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-03-25** DP `passage`
- **2024-03-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-27** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** 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/19c31c19-b5d4-48b1-bbc1-307562472354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).