---
type: "Bill"
title: "health professionals; workforce data"
description: "health professionals; workforce data"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2197"
citation: "Arizona HB 2197 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "HEALTH PROFESSIONALS", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a7ab53c-4644-4a29-94d1-beac3a6c34ab"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69959?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "b05576db5763668c703c05b6131b9c3fccb65d269a6c162955420526d6f7baca"
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 2197 (53rd-2nd-regular) — health professionals; workforce data

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0293.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2197H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2197P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-02** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-16** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-02-27** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22** transmit to senate
- **2018-05-03** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-02** transmit to house

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a7ab53c-4644-4a29-94d1-beac3a6c34ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).