# Arizona SB 1344: newborn screening program

Arizona SB 1344, newborn screening program, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Thomas "T.J." Shope (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-14 (Third Reading: Passed) (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1344-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1344
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: newborn screening program
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Last action: 2025-04-14, Third Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Thomas "T.J." Shope (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: committee, definitions, fee, maternal and child health, newborn screening program, public health and safety - title 36, report of blood tests
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (111 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Some newborn screening additions lose their deadline: mixed, low. Arizona generally must add federally recommended disorders to its newborn screening panel within two years. The law removes that deadline when no commercially available FDA-approved test exists and a lab-developed test is used. That lab-developed test must require FDA premarket review and approval…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Thomas "T.J." Shope (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 55 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | DP | pass | 12 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 29 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | DP | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (7)

- 2025-04-14: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: undefined: DP (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: undefined: DP (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0068.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529684)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1344P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522154)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1344S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527334)

## Related bills

- SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure (signed)
- SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations (signed)
- HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service (signed)
- SB 1742: 2025-2026; higher education (signed)
- HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan (signed)
- SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0068.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529684)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1344P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522154)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1344S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527334)

## Related
- [SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1537-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1496-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2036-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1742: 2025-2026; higher education](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1742-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2034-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1735-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1344-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).