Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB2438: podiatric licensure compact
Status: In committee, March 9, 2026
HB2438 - podiatric licensure compact
What the bill says
An act Amending title 32, chapter 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 5; relating to the state board of podiatry examiners.
From the engrossed text, February 24, 2026:
AN ACT Amending title 32, chapter 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 5; relating to the state board of podiatry examiners. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 32, chapter 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 5, to read: ARTICLE 5. PODIATRIC MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT START_STATUTE32-881. Podiatric medical licensure compact The podiatric medical licensure compact is adopted and enacted into law as follows: Section 1. PURPOSE In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery in health care, the member states of the interstate podiatric medical licensure compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state podiatric medical boards, provides a streamlined process that allows podiatric physicians to become licensed in multiple states, thereby enhancing the portability of a podiatric medical license and ensuring the safety of patients. The compact creates another pathway for licensure and does not otherwise change a state's existing podiatric medical practice act. The compact also adopts the prevailing standard for licensure and affirms that the practice of podiatric medicine occurs where the patient is located at the time of the podiatric physician-patient encounter, and therefore, requires the …
Sponsors
- Selina Bliss (R, HD-001) · primary sponsor
- Márquez, Aaron (D)
Latest actions
- : Senate read second time
- : Senate read first time
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Assigned to Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
- : Transmitted to Senate
- : Passed
- : House Committee of the Whole
- : do pass
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
- : Assigned to Rules
Votes
- THIRD Passed (February 25, 2026): 42 yea, 12 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (February 9, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HHS DP (February 2, 2026): 10 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2438?
- HB2438 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): podiatric licensure compact.
- What does HB2438 do?
- In its own words: An act Amending title 32, chapter 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 5; relating to the state board of podiatry examiners.
- What is the status of HB2438?
- In committee as of March 9, 2026. Latest action: Senate read second time (March 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2438?
- Selina Bliss (R, HD-001), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB2438?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84209/?SessionId=130
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