---
type: "Bill"
title: "breast examinations; cancer screenings; age"
description: "breast examinations; cancer screenings; age"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1601"
citation: "Arizona SB 1601 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janae Shamp"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49d7c2d6-1f00-4b1c-bb51-2d9f85a337eb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79277?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "888cf91d42204a0a6cf14aa6c1f591d56ff79530486f99e714d4d7a8421b34e4"
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 1601 (56th-1st-regular) — breast examinations; cancer screenings; age

## 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/0122.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1601p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1601hhs.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Shamp flr amend (ref Bill) (sub HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/510044)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1601s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **49–9** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janae Shamp — primary (person)
- Austin Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — 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`
- **2023-03-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **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/49d7c2d6-1f00-4b1c-bb51-2d9f85a337eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).