---
type: "Bill"
title: "cremation"
description: "cremation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1042"
citation: "Arizona SB 1042 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d9594a-bd23-4f6a-8761-478ea9c5e7d0"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79961?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "2fbb54eb9cee8fa503c2389ebefd6ee68656b302c4e2864afe5d719d3313578d"
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 1042 (56th-2nd-regular) — cremation

## 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/2r/laws/0103.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to RA - Crews - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518285)
3. **HOUSE - Regulatory Affairs - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.1042regulatory affairs.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1042h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1042p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Finance and Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/s.10420333.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1042s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **21–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** DP `passage`
- **2024-02-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-18** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-19** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** 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/15d9594a-bd23-4f6a-8761-478ea9c5e7d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).