---
type: "Bill"
title: "physicians; naturopathic medicine"
description: "physicians; naturopathic medicine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1016"
citation: "Arizona SB 1016 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE", "NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS", "PHYSICIANS", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af0463c3-b66b-4ec3-81e9-0bec8de1a294"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74285?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "f02a312517eb10c724d128a1b15648d21bd20ab882a93f3016a02a93e0251632"
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 1016 (55th-1st-regular) — physicians; naturopathic medicine

## 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/0119.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1016P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1016S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-13** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** 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/af0463c3-b66b-4ec3-81e9-0bec8de1a294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).