---
type: "Bill"
title: "physician assistants board; continuation"
description: "physician assistants board; continuation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2044"
citation: "Arizona HB 2044 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "CONTINUATION", "PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BOARD", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-18"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f5c2210-8945-4ddc-b7b3-13ca3a40b8e3"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69689?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "2ad7d2edc8725da50f30d86f838d6b414f65f4260a045ef1c30ecb4b141cc8b3"
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 2044 (53rd-2nd-regular) — physician assistants board; continuation

## 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/0029.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2044H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2044P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-09** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-12-18** prefiled. `filing`
- **2018-02-15** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-29** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-15** transmit to house
- **2018-03-16** 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/2f5c2210-8945-4ddc-b7b3-13ca3a40b8e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).