---
type: "Bill"
title: "pioneers' home; miners' hospital; continuation"
description: "pioneers' home; miners' hospital; continuation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1256"
citation: "Arizona SB 1256 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f143a562-e716-41d8-93d1-475177891f02"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80754?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "011bcda0f2845fab3c5716a2aec7e7755e2b388aac27fbc6b945bdc94d57709e"
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 1256 (56th-2nd-regular) — pioneers' home; miners' hospital; continuation

## 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/0161.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1256p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1256s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **49–10** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas "T.J." Shope — primary (person)
- Eva Burch — cosponsor (person)
- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** DP `passage`
- **2024-03-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-04-10** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-16** 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/f143a562-e716-41d8-93d1-475177891f02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).