---
type: "Bill"
title: "health care workforce; grant programs"
description: "health care workforce; grant programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2691"
citation: "Arizona HB 2691 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joanne Osborne"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e864f7-236c-4ee4-afb5-0f88be0cf3bb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77752?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "9d86c9d787ce345f2fec1a642a1579ba65fe1f140012d279d99baf9bc192446b"
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 2691 (55th-2nd-regular) — health care workforce; grant programs

## 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/2r/laws/0330.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2691appropriations.pdf)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to APPROP - Osborne - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495807)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2691h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2691p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Gowan flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2691floorgowan.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2691s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **44–15** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **42–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joanne Osborne — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)
- Joel John — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Lorenzo Sierra — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Tyler Pace — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 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/25e864f7-236c-4ee4-afb5-0f88be0cf3bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).