---
type: "Bill"
title: "community health workers; voluntary certification"
description: "community health workers; voluntary certification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2324"
citation: "Arizona HB 2324 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CERTIFICATION", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b48a0d4d-fbbd-4e5c-a068-49f8db0d5ec8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70099?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "7f65c207910152e4edc655fd6b5d796aba2e3b6a2c740e9f69b7c9265d44dca8"
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 2324 (53rd-2nd-regular) — community health workers; voluntary certification

## 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/0300.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2324H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2324P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2324S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **55–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **56–1** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-18** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-30** passed `passage`
- **2018-01-18** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-22** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-18** transmit to house
- **2018-05-01** 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/b48a0d4d-fbbd-4e5c-a068-49f8db0d5ec8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).