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legislation/us/states/az/55th-1st-regular/sb-1181.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "doulas; voluntary certification"
+description: "doulas; voluntary certification"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1181"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1181 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION APPLICATION", "APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE", "CERTIFICATION", "CONTINUING EDUCATION", "DEFINITIONS", "DENIALS (H)", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DHS)", "DHS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES)", "DOULA", "DOULA COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (H)", "DOULAS (H)", "EXEMPTION", "FEES", "FINGERPRINT CLEARANCE CARDS", "INVESTIGATIONS (H)", "POWERS AND DUTIES (H)", "PUBLIC CONTRACTS (H)", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "RENEWAL", "RULEMAKING", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kelly Townsend"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-19"
+last_action: "2021-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8d090b9-ed4a-4495-be8b-a3b90b1aa9af"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74799?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "cedc5a82d54ab3533dd1634b18ce4786de91eb432a66698fc6fd2c209a65acb3"
+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 1181 (55th-1st-regular) — doulas; voluntary certification
+
+## 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/0282.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1181P.htm)
+3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1181S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **46–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kelly Townsend — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-19** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-20** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-27** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-05** Transmit to House
+- **2021-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-18** W/D `withdrawal`
+- **2021-03-30** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2021-04-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-19** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-04-20** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-26** 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/f8d090b9-ed4a-4495-be8b-a3b90b1aa9af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+