HB 2176 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

health facilities; licensure; complaints; investigations

HB 2176 updates Arizona's healthcare facility licensing rules to strengthen patient safety protections. It allows the state to deny new licenses or block ownership changes if applicants or their business associates have had licenses revoked, suspended, or faced serious safety violations in the past. The bill also limits complaint investigations to violations occurring within 12 months of the complaint date and requires clear deficiency statements with a formal dispute process for facilities to challenge findings. These changes directly affect healthcare facilities seeking new licenses, undergoing ownership transitions, or responding to complaints.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Jan 9, 2026 Signed Jun 4, 2026
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What changed between versions

Senate Engrossed Version (04/07/2026) Chaptered Version · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law after being approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State. The substantive legal text remains largely unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the header and a punctuation correction in the body of the law.
Scope change
None; the bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Minor formatting updates to the document header, including changing the title from 'HB 2176' to 'CHAPTER 83' and adding official approval and filing dates.

A punctuation mark was added to a sentence regarding written decisions to improve grammatical clarity.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2026 · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

272
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 30
Apr 7, 2026
D Democratic13
13 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican17
14 Yea 2 Nay 1
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jun 4, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Apr 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Apr 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
DPA
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
DPA
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Julie Willoughby
Julie Willoughby
RRepublican
AZ
13