---
type: "Bill"
title: "opioid prescriptions; intractable pain; exceptions"
description: "opioid prescriptions; intractable pain; exceptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1162"
citation: "Arizona SB 1162 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/187fa4af-0780-43e7-89a9-f5c7fae7aab5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76634?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "6104d18561c72ac4b5301bab5e18a0767c3f7364fbc5b0dc4dced563ed380a52"
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 1162 (55th-2nd-regular) — opioid prescriptions; intractable pain; exceptions

## 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/2r/laws/0134.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by HHS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/498315)
3. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.1162health  human services.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1162h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1162p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1162floorbarto.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1162s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **54–5** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** Transmit to House
- **2022-02-28** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-13** 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/187fa4af-0780-43e7-89a9-f5c7fae7aab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).