---
type: "Bill"
title: "veterinary technicians; certification; education alternative"
description: "veterinary technicians; certification; education alternative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1658"
citation: "Arizona SB 1658 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shawnna Bolick"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56768fee-6646-4a97-bb10-4f37c3614e1a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83118?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "1a14f0fe717ce260bb0630446cd83ce6712f64fe89ca37a6834cd298187d7f91"
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 SB 1658 (57th-1st-regular) — veterinary technicians; certification; education alternative

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0232.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by GOV - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528575)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Blackman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530723)
4. **HOUSE - Government - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528213)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1658h.pdf)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1658p.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Bolick flr amend (ref RAGE) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526936)
8. **SENATE - Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525443)
9. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1658s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **17–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **34–18** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **25–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shawnna Bolick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-18** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-11** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-06-19** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-19** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27** 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/56768fee-6646-4a97-bb10-4f37c3614e1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).