---
type: "Bill"
title: "nursing-supported group homes; licensure"
description: "nursing-supported group homes; licensure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1085"
citation: "Arizona SB 1085 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADULT FOSTER CARE (H)", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY (DES)", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DHS)", "DES (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY)", "DHS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES)", "EFFECTIVE DATE", "GROUP HOMES", "HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS", "LICENSURE", "NURSING SUPPORTED GROUP HOMES", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "RULEMAKING EXEMPTION", "SERVICE PROVIDERS (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyler Pace"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8e5c26f-204e-4756-b855-c6bf9eeb3f83"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74441?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "8a5ef22bd9bb7cfc930212576507866e452ebe1e9ef1db04e3380f9961d3c6c4"
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 1085 (55th-1st-regular) — nursing-supported group homes; licensure

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0060.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1085P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1085S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **51–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tyler Pace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-20** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-18** 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/e8e5c26f-204e-4756-b855-c6bf9eeb3f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).