---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALTCS; licensed nursing assistants"
description: "ALTCS; licensed nursing assistants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2706"
citation: "Arizona HB 2706 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AHCCCS", "ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM", "LICENSED PROFESSIONALS", "LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joanne Osborne"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22d16731-1821-4650-b651-c68ac51eaf70"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72350?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "e28fcf731121e79a5a525bc624307e176ddafaab03ca4676d84ecdbaff8ac27c"
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 2706 (54th-1st-regular) — ALTCS; licensed nursing assistants

## 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/0106.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2706H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2706P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2706RULES.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2706S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joanne Osborne — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Charlene R. Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Dunn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** dp `passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-20** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** transmit to house
- **2019-04-11** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-11** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** 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/22d16731-1821-4650-b651-c68ac51eaf70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).