---
type: "Bill"
title: "assisted living homes; occupancy; zoning"
description: "assisted living homes; occupancy; zoning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1473"
citation: "Arizona SB 1473 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/997dd4ca-8737-4828-ac9b-93226c3c7536"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85064?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "bc38cc7948cc8ce9fdb051651093053531e75f335d58d6815ffb83c017be50f5"
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 1473 (57th-2nd-regular) — assisted living homes; occupancy; zoning

## 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/0019.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1473p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Kavanagh flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/538903)
4. **SENATE - Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/537017)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/25/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1473s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–11** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **49–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Transmit to House
- **2026-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-23** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-03-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-04-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07** 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/997dd4ca-8737-4828-ac9b-93226c3c7536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).