---
type: "Bill"
title: "caregivers; assisted living; training"
description: "caregivers; assisted living; training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1244"
citation: "Arizona SB 1244 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING", "ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES", "CAREGIVERS", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "REQUIREMENTS", "TRAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e55f9c-35dc-4cd4-ac97-bf70298a14a9"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71847?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "80de35522366a18eb797bab5422dca18865731d0d56d393cc7efe4269ec35f7c"
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 1244 (54th-1st-regular) — caregivers; assisted living; training

## 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/0280.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1244HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1244H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1244P.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1244S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)
- Heather Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dp `passage`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-27** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-28** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** 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/18e55f9c-35dc-4cd4-ac97-bf70298a14a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).