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legislation/us/states/az/53rd-2nd-regular/hb-2538.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "U.S. House vacancy; special election"
+description: "U.S. House vacancy; special election"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2538"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2538 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARD OF SUPERVISORS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "VACANCIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Douglas Coleman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-02-06"
+last_action: "2018-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3739770c-f98a-4b63-acdf-d756b952ff3f"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70776?SessionId=119"
+source_hash: "8406b63ad5730c10195cc04db122cc4a4f08af15c501b42c9a0f201978fe2214"
+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 2538 (53rd-2nd-regular) — U.S. House vacancy; special election
+
+## 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/0316.htm)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2538H.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2538P.htm)
+4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2538S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **57–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **42–15** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Douglas Coleman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-04-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-04-30** passed `passage`
+- **2018-02-06** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-07** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-01** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-05** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-05-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-02-21** transmit to senate
+- **2018-04-23** transmit to house
+- **2018-05-01** 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/3739770c-f98a-4b63-acdf-d756b952ff3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
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