---
type: "Bill"
title: "podiatrists; examination; repeal"
description: "podiatrists; examination; repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2256"
citation: "Arizona HB 2256 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "STATE BOARD OF PODIATRY EXAMINERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00d6013c-5675-44d8-8be5-a048b47c5b0f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70016?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "2c702694006cdde3c99f869202cffe31c3b4dfbbd60fd2f091154f65118c98da"
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 2256 (53rd-2nd-regular) — podiatrists; examination; repeal

## 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/0071.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2256H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2256P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2256S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–2** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** transmit to house
- **2018-02-27** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** passed `passage`
- **2018-03-21** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-22** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-23** 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/00d6013c-5675-44d8-8be5-a048b47c5b0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).