---
type: "Bill"
title: "international medical graduates; requirements"
description: "international medical graduates; requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1395"
citation: "Arizona SB 1395 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas \"T.J.\" Shope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17fceb4-f188-488e-add2-9b2b032a1083"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82800?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "ae230cc36dd47e29d2fce1d23ede544a24fbd507fd22111b14704651e5a25c87"
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 1395 (57th-1st-regular) — international medical graduates; requirements

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0140.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1395p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525451)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1395s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **36–18** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **19–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-05-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** 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/d17fceb4-f188-488e-add2-9b2b032a1083`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).