---
type: "Bill"
title: "art therapy services; contracting requirements"
description: "art therapy services; contracting requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1434"
citation: "Arizona SB 1434 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ART THERAPY CREDENTIALS BOARD", "ART THERAPY SERVICES", "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- NEW", "CERTIFICATION", "CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85d16bc-78a6-49b7-b383-18f8755a6a87"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69277?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "6c0478ffb2eea826b0d76e3d7431abe76faff0785a566014a40b143120094ae1"
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 1434 (53rd-1st-regular) — art therapy services; contracting 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/0242.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1434H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1434P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1434S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** transmit to house
- **2017-02-28** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-01** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** passed `passage`
- **2017-04-25** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** 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/b85d16bc-78a6-49b7-b383-18f8755a6a87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).