---
type: "Bill"
title: "medical student loan program"
description: "medical student loan program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1078"
citation: "Arizona SB 1078 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "APPROPRIATION", "APPROPRIATIONS (H)", "BOARD OF MEDICAL STUDENT LOANS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EXEMPTION", "FUND", "MEDICAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM", "MEDICAL STUDENT LOANS", "PURPOSE", "REPEAL", "RETENTION OF MEMBERS", "RETROACTIVITY", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Livingston"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6178438b-a04b-4ba0-9e8c-0989011b7b84"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74421?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "82c393581b531c5cbd13a2cdb78793e31e3bb49447f98866588bea6c7a56e253"
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 1078 (55th-1st-regular) — medical student loan program

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0442.htm)
2. **HOUSE - 1078FloorCOBB_Merged.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490355)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1078H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1078P.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1078S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **54–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Livingston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-29** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-29** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-10** 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/6178438b-a04b-4ba0-9e8c-0989011b7b84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).