---
type: "Bill"
title: "clinical nurse specialists; prescribing authority"
description: "clinical nurse specialists; prescribing authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2068"
citation: "Arizona HB 2068 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NURSING", "NURSING BOARD", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "STATE BOARD OF NURSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c27ec24-c5b9-439d-95f3-5f0f0d440d68"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71123?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "36a32fd3d492bcc8a4f446b3dd698ca6df6b3f4825178c91f82315a7fde39569"
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 2068 (54th-1st-regular) — clinical nurse specialists; prescribing authority

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0087.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to the Bill - Barto - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467796)
3. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2068HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2068H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2068P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2068HHS.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2068S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **47–10** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-14** prefiled. `filing`
- **2019-01-31** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-23** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** transmit to house
- **2019-04-10** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** 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/8c27ec24-c5b9-439d-95f3-5f0f0d440d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).