---
type: "Bill"
title: "psychology board; licensure; fingerprinting"
description: "psychology board; licensure; fingerprinting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1253"
citation: "Arizona SB 1253 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPLICATION", "COMPLAINTS", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "DISCIPLINARY ACTION (H)", "EDUCATION (H)", "EXEMPTION", "FINGERPRINT CLEARANCE CARDS (H)", "FINGERPRINTING", "LICENSURE", "LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS", "POWERS AND DUTIES (H)", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "PSYCHOLOGISTS (H)", "PSYCHOLOGY BOARD", "QUALIFICATIONS (H)", "REMEDIATION (H)", "REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE (H)", "RETROACTIVITY", "STATE BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINERS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "TELEPRACTICE SUPERVISION", "TEMPORARY LICENSURE (H)", "TRAINING (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1e9f494-2349-40bb-a319-e32d73471a29"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75004?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "3fc3544141701ce4721b6dedcff206fa1730594833459b0ba8398e5012a60a5a"
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 1253 (55th-1st-regular) — psychology board; licensure; fingerprinting

## 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/0210.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1253P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1253S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **56–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-05** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-06** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** 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/e1e9f494-2349-40bb-a319-e32d73471a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).