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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "national guard; employment rights"
+description: "national guard; employment rights"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2421"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2421 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MILITARY AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - TITLE 26", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. Andrade"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-18"
+last_action: "2018-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5447ca21-f147-41ee-8add-6a6725c74534"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70252?SessionId=119"
+source_hash: "9d96689ea71dca321c41a80e6acba6d7a4323561b2e95a749a6c26137e546625"
+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 2421 (53rd-2nd-regular) — national guard; employment rights
+
+## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0118.htm)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2421H.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2421P.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Richard C. Andrade — primary (person)
+- BEN TOMA — cosponsor (person)
+- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Thorpe — cosponsor (person)
+- Charlene R. Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Darin Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- David Stringer — cosponsor (person)
+- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
+- Douglas Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Drew John — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerae Peten — cosponsor (person)
+- Heather Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
+- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelli Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Ken Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
+- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
+- Macario Saldate — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark A. Cardenas — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
+- Mitzi Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Noel W. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Randall Friese — cosponsor (person)
+- Ray D. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Rios — cosponsor (person)
+- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
+- Reginald Bolding — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosanna Gabaldón — cosponsor (person)
+- Sally Ann Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
+- Todd A. Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)
+- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Wenona Benally — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-03-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-01-18** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-22** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-04-03** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-02-16** transmit to senate
+- **2018-03-28** transmit to house
+- **2018-03-29** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5447ca21-f147-41ee-8add-6a6725c74534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+