---
type: "Bill"
title: "radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS"
description: "radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2257"
citation: "Arizona HB 2257 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "POWER - TITLE 30", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "RADIATION REGULATORY BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f0734a9-ece9-47ea-bbca-3a2e839ff515"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70018?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "a532ab25aa2da506e78bc637bc3e7b347428d4a95dec4e2086b626de372d3dcc"
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 2257 (53rd-2nd-regular) — radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS

## 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/0234.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2257H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2257P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2257S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-02-06** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** transmit to senate
- **2018-01-17** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-04** transmit to house
- **2018-02-20** 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/4f0734a9-ece9-47ea-bbca-3a2e839ff515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).