---
type: "Bill"
title: "physical therapy assistants; students; supervision"
description: "physical therapy assistants; students; supervision"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1267"
citation: "Arizona SB 1267 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11387fe7-e48d-4703-b986-662c43b07cbc"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80769?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "c93f942970a14fafc04f995d1ce77c4a886817b82c2bbf58fbc2f4223e02a121"
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 1267 (56th-2nd-regular) — physical therapy assistants; students; supervision

## 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/0236.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.1267health  human services.pdf)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to HHS - Montenegro - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519769)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1267h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1267p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/s.1267hhs.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref Bill) (sub HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519133)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1267s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **46–12** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas "T.J." Shope — primary (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`
- **2024-02-06** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-06** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-12** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-14** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-06-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-21** 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/11387fe7-e48d-4703-b986-662c43b07cbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).