---
type: "Bill"
title: "veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements"
description: "veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2261"
citation: "Arizona HB 2261 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "VETERINARIANS", "VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BEN TOMA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42e0f849-4b6e-4062-b025-8eaea2ec72cb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70025?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "b910c08026e6da7516bec36cf80c302a6e417ef933677db3127e44619db3fed2"
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 2261 (53rd-2nd-regular) — veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements

## 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/0037.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2261H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2261P.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **52–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BEN TOMA — primary (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- David Stringer — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Mosley — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Russell Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Todd A. Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Travis W. Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-16** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-15** transmit to house
- **2018-03-16** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42e0f849-4b6e-4062-b025-8eaea2ec72cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).