---
type: "Bill"
title: "behavioral health board"
description: "behavioral health board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1246"
citation: "Arizona SB 1246 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACADEMIC REVIEW", "BEHAVIOR HEALTH BOARD", "BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXAMINERS", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "DUTIES", "POWERS", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "QUALIFICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f52f9795-4545-48ef-ad0a-ce2edba32098"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70348?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "3834cf0971868db783887e71bed9e7679de443e39b8ea67606f4a3ad5ba8689b"
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 1246 (53rd-2nd-regular) — behavioral health board

## 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/0055.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1246P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1246S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-18** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-20** transmit to house
- **2018-03-20** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-21** 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/f52f9795-4545-48ef-ad0a-ce2edba32098`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).