---
type: "Bill"
title: "physician assistants; supervision; collaboration"
description: "physician assistants; supervision; collaboration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2043"
citation: "Arizona HB 2043 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Selina Bliss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ff6af89-c912-46d5-b3ba-2de74a165019"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78123?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "53c6898ab8f11a6f6b3033f7b4b90014ace3afc4e7b407023ae4508d74d1282c"
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 2043 (56th-1st-regular) — physician assistants; supervision; collaboration

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0054.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.2043health  human services.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2043h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2043p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Fernandez flr amend (ref Bill) failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/508337)

## Votes

- Passed — **19–10** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **42–18** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Selina Bliss — primary (person)
- Eva Burch — cosponsor (person)
- John Gillette — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-03-13** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-10** DP `passage`
- **2023-04-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Transmit to House
- **2023-04-17** 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/9ff6af89-c912-46d5-b3ba-2de74a165019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).