---
type: "Bill"
title: "qualifying physicians; opiate-dependent patients"
description: "qualifying physicians; opiate-dependent patients"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1029"
citation: "Arizona SB 1029 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAL BOARD", "OPIATE DEPENDENT PATIENTS", "OPIOIDS", "PHYSICIANS", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "QUALIFYING PHYSICIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6bead37-9e04-45a3-bfd4-191018245901"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71077?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "04d1367b6c55d547187c2d44e5f8d7a9dc57efef844a6a35f74196b12ef5fa11"
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 1029 (54th-1st-regular) — qualifying physicians; opiate-dependent patients

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0182.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1029P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1029S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-09** prefiled. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-07** transmit to house
- **2019-04-30** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-01** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6bead37-9e04-45a3-bfd4-191018245901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).