---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS; fingerprinting requirements"
description: "DHS; fingerprinting requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2042"
citation: "Arizona HB 2042 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "FINGERPRINT CLEARANCE CARDS", "FINGERPRINTING", "NURSING CARE", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7840cf33-714b-4b78-aae4-c7ed5115f814"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68476?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "13fe0843d58dc5059208a43eb67365ea4637830ac7e8ce68bc251bcc06f1f6a5"
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 2042 (53rd-1st-regular) — DHS; fingerprinting requirements

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0024.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2042H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2042P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-10** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-06** prefiled. `filing`
- **2017-02-20** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-01** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-14** transmit to house
- **2017-03-15** 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/7840cf33-714b-4b78-aae4-c7ed5115f814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).