---
type: "Bill"
title: "pharmacy board; definitions; reporting"
description: "pharmacy board; definitions; reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2040"
citation: "Arizona HB 2040 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF PHARMACY", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM", "DISCIPLINARY ACTION", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-18"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc81ce69-b6f1-42af-9e18-cd581256f4a5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69685?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "dc4092b5f384889a095eada2b12f6d35423463a12fe34089ee0a9dd1e4d7290e"
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 2040 (53rd-2nd-regular) — pharmacy board; definitions; reporting

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0227.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2040H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2040P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2040S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-12-18** prefiled. `filing`
- **2018-02-06** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** transmit to senate
- **2018-01-10** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-05** transmit to house
- **2018-02-15** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-11** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-17** 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/fc81ce69-b6f1-42af-9e18-cd581256f4a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).