---
type: "Bill"
title: "dental hygienists; affiliated practice."
description: "dental hygienists; affiliated practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2547"
citation: "Arizona HB 2547 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFFILIATED PRACTICE", "ANESTHESIA (S)", "DENTAL HYGIENISTS", "INTERIM THERAPEUTIC RESTORATION (S)", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin Wilmeth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0aad288-087a-4a0c-9531-1aeaa1253068"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75178?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "bead372a3e17203d72112a66441ef9d490459b7b4e77ea5ecdc0832c9151b341"
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 2547 (55th-1st-regular) — dental hygienists; affiliated practice.

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0198.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by HHS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485368)
3. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2547HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2547H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2547P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2547BARTO0439.docx.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2547S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Justin Wilmeth — primary (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-06** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-06** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** 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/a0aad288-087a-4a0c-9531-1aeaa1253068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).