---
type: "Bill"
title: "optometrists; eye exams; prescriptions"
description: "optometrists; eye exams; prescriptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1023"
citation: "Arizona SB 1023 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-11"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a67960a3-5abc-421e-b02f-ac5de79ebb0d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83609?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "4ed7a421e3234932d81ee6ac3aeab593cc05c8aec754cda7dcdd6ec59e0b1d0f"
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 1023 (57th-2nd-regular) — optometrists; eye exams; prescriptions

## 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/57leg/2r/laws/0006.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1023p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/19/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1023s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **43–10** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **25–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-11** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Transmit to House
- **2026-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-03-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-03-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27** 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/a67960a3-5abc-421e-b02f-ac5de79ebb0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).