---
type: "Bill"
title: "certificates of necessity; service area"
description: "certificates of necessity; service area"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2514"
citation: "Arizona HB 2514 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMBULANCE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e282002f-85be-490a-9198-40a842c415a0"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69529?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "a1efd1981947b30c9962b032745842075d419d229981bc449df02d745d11ed0f"
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 2514 (53rd-1st-regular) — certificates of necessity; service area

## 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/0143.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2514H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2514P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-09** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-24** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-03** transmit to house
- **2017-04-04** 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/e282002f-85be-490a-9198-40a842c415a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).