---
type: "Bill"
title: "approved medications; scheduling; prescription authority"
description: "approved medications; scheduling; prescription authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1188"
citation: "Arizona SB 1188 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9ca3ec0-bf03-4c2a-95b8-12ef1bbc375e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84115?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "8c127a1fba36040456023d06cdec6e6e5c3e0c003d7a1609b13ae1307bd87a2f"
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 1188 (57th-2nd-regular) — approved medications; scheduling; prescription authority

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1188p.pdf)
2. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/24/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1188s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **38–12** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **24–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas "T.J." Shope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** DP `informal-passage`
- **2026-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Transmit to House
- **2026-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-16** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-04-16** DP `informal-passage`
- **2026-06-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-06-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 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/c9ca3ec0-bf03-4c2a-95b8-12ef1bbc375e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).