---
type: "Bill"
title: "licensed mental health professional; definition"
description: "licensed mental health professional; definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2336"
citation: "Arizona HB 2336 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cbf3100-14d4-4c4c-8a90-e2d99a332f12"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76789?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "af6c6b7ed627b15a9f167052a6a5eb917ab7507bb59def01671894fcba7e935b"
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 2336 (55th-2nd-regular) — licensed mental health professional; definition

## 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/2r/laws/0377.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/498564)
3. **Conference Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2336c.pdf)
4. **HOUSE - Amended by MAPS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/494692)
5. **HOUSE - Military Affairs & Public Safety** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2336military affairs  public safety.pdf)
6. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2336h.pdf)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2336p.pdf)
8. **SENATE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2336com.pdf)
9. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2336s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** Transmit to House
- **2022-05-02** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-02** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-06-20** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-20** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-21** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-06** 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/8cbf3100-14d4-4c4c-8a90-e2d99a332f12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).