---
type: "Bill"
title: "nursing shortage; workforce preparation; plan."
description: "nursing shortage; workforce preparation; plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2633"
citation: "Arizona HB 2633 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALLOWED PRACTITIONER (S)", "CONDITIONAL ENACTMENT (S)", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DHS)", "DHS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES) (S)", "EMERGENCY", "LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES (S)", "NURSING SHORTAGE", "NURSING WORKFORCE PREPARATION AND SHORTAGE WORK GROUP", "PLAN", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36 (S)", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT (S)", "WORKFORCE PREPARATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amish Shah"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/795f48ab-ed7c-49c6-b1ad-a3c08ea4dab3"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75298?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "9c8822720bee13c7cb80a666f697e96e8ba3105f3381c519f3543c268e0bba08"
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 2633 (55th-1st-regular) — nursing shortage; workforce preparation; plan.

## 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/0265.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by HHS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485492)
3. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2633HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2633H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2633P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2633HHS.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2633S.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Amish Shah — primary (person)
- Jennifer Jermaine — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — 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`
- **2021-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** 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`
- **2021-03-24** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** 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/795f48ab-ed7c-49c6-b1ad-a3c08ea4dab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).