---
type: "Bill"
title: "hospitals; discharge planning; patient assessments"
description: "hospitals; discharge planning; patient assessments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1157"
citation: "Arizona SB 1157 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a87b27fd-8ae6-4205-ba8f-505526b2974a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78759?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "d05328981d7654f8fb717f870ed78a192f2fe9396b1877cc38f6f9baa7be9b85"
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 1157 (56th-1st-regular) — hospitals; discharge planning; patient assessments

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0156.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.1157health  human services.pdf)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to HHS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/508784)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1157h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1157p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1157hhs.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/510014)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1157s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **54–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas "T.J." Shope — primary (person)
- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-07** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** 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/a87b27fd-8ae6-4205-ba8f-505526b2974a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).