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legislation/us/states/az/55th-1st-regular/hb-2521.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "long-term care; health aides"
+description: "long-term care; health aides"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2521"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2521 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARIZONA LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM (ALTCS)", "HEALTH", "HEALTH AIDES", "LONG-TERM CARE", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joanne Osborne"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3fbcf74-b00f-45a4-8ca7-8040f79165f9"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75137?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "9735fa7073152949ec56b5ba5a442bf9334fdfd444e9d2d15839315b28288c83"
+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 HB 2521 (55th-1st-regular) — long-term care; health aides
+
+## 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/0086.htm)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2521H.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2521P.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **52–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joanne Osborne — primary (person)
+- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-28** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-01** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-08** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-12** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-03** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16** Transmit to House
+- **2021-03-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-23** 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/f3fbcf74-b00f-45a4-8ca7-8040f79165f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
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