---
type: "Bill"
title: "dental board; business entities; records"
description: "dental board; business entities; records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1226"
citation: "Arizona SB 1226 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fca2e84f-0f78-4f5f-860f-6cba398c0922"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78846?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "1cc744d740fd8dac79461303057d285d228efe12875f6d0fd201ef5cf808b4ae"
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 1226 (56th-1st-regular) — dental board; business entities; records

## 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/0118.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1226p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1226s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **46–12** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2023-02-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08** 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/fca2e84f-0f78-4f5f-860f-6cba398c0922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).