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+type: "Bill"
+title: "associate physicians; licensure; collaborative practice"
+description: "associate physicians; licensure; collaborative practice"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1271"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1271 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPLICATIONS", "ASSOCIATE PHYSICIANS", "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY (H)", "COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE", "COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE ARRANGEMENTS", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DEFINITIONS", "DELAYED REPEAL", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DHS)", "DHS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES)", "EMERGENCY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "LICENSURE", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MEDICAL GRADUATE", "MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE", "OSTEOPATHIC GRADUATE", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36 (H)", "REGULATION", "REPORT", "REQUIREMENTS", "RULEMAKING EXEMPTION", "RULES", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT", "TRAINING (H)", "TRAINING PERMITS", "TRANSITIONAL TRAINING PERMITS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-21"
+last_action: "2021-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71a2ea79-4b44-47bb-a2f9-6ffefa9c3cd8"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75039?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "20a0f8cff94753b0bed040503f660b9d34a7f0752ee27f9a0e2cdf4008e84e87"
+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 1271 (55th-1st-regular) — associate physicians; licensure; collaborative practice
+
+## 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/0354.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1271P.htm)
+3. **SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1271FloorBARTO.docx.htm)
+4. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/S.1271BARTO2.DOCX.htm)
+5. **SENATE - Health and Human Services - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1271HHS.DOCX.htm)
+6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1271S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **17–12** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **48–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
+- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
+- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-10** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01** Transmit to House
+- **2021-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-29** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2021-05-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-03** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-05-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-10** 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/71a2ea79-4b44-47bb-a2f9-6ffefa9c3cd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+