---
type: "Bill"
title: "barbering and cosmetology boards; consolidation"
description: "barbering and cosmetology boards; consolidation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2029"
citation: "Arizona HB 2029 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES (S)", "BARBERING (S)", "BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY BOARD", "BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS", "COMMERCE (S)", "CONSOLIDATION", "COSMETOLOGY (S)", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EFFECT (S)", "EFFECTIVE DATE (S)", "FEES (S)", "LICENSING", "MASKS (S)", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "PURPOSE (S)", "REPORT (S)", "RETENTION OF MEMBERS (S)", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "STUDY (S)", "SUCCESSION (S)", "TRADE AND COMMERCE - TITLE 44", "TRANSFER (S)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-12-29"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06e56ec8-15a8-4cc5-b839-21a396238397"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74314?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "319d81a7ef3c43d8f0232114b08808f4c2493ddcca7a5bf97069505c2e11913b"
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 2029 (55th-1st-regular) — barbering and cosmetology boards; consolidation

## 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/1R/laws/0334.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by GE - Kavanagh - passed as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/481869)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to GOV - Kavanagh - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/481868)
4. **HOUSE - Government & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/H.2029BUTLER.DOCX.htm)
5. **HOUSE - Government & Elections - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2029GOVERNMENT  ELECTIONS.DOCX.htm)
6. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2029H.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2029P.htm)
8. **SENATE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2029COM.DOCX.htm)
9. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2029FloorMESNARD.docx.htm)
10. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2029RULES.DOCX.htm)
11. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2029S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-29** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-13** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** 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/06e56ec8-15a8-4cc5-b839-21a396238397`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).