---
type: "Bill"
title: "naturopathic physicians medical board"
description: "naturopathic physicians medical board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1218"
citation: "Arizona SB 1218 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09ecb96-abfa-4249-b874-62fec3b99b5a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78838?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "931d113a07f2a9c458d0fedc561f36594f0db101bc1c9a601e2a77b14c3cdb92"
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 1218 (56th-1st-regular) — naturopathic physicians medical board

## 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/0009.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1218p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - HHS (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/504540)
4. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1218hhs.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1218s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Transmit to House
- **2023-02-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-03-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-03-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** 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/a09ecb96-abfa-4249-b874-62fec3b99b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).