---
type: "Bill"
title: "state hospital; governing board; governance"
description: "state hospital; governing board; governance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1710"
citation: "Arizona SB 1710 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288e473b-68f3-4f6d-a360-f356be4833c7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79399?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "d1e9275e1df4447c6bfa798ca4bd3501e818f795a4c2c44cae4603c82e647567"
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 1710 (56th-1st-regular) — state hospital; governing board; governance

## 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/0201.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to HHS - Montenegro - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/509763)
3. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.1710health  human services.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1710h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1710p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1710hhs.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1710s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- failed to pass — **20–40** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **46–12** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)
- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)
- Justine Wadsack — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas "T.J." Shope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Transmit to House
- **2023-02-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-12** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-12** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-13** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-06-14** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 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/288e473b-68f3-4f6d-a360-f356be4833c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).