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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "electronic records; state library"
+description: "electronic records; state library"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "54th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2501"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2501 (54th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "STATE LIBRARY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Walter Blackman"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2019-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36bc3f9d-77f9-4d21-989f-8f112d16ae75"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71650?SessionId=121"
+source_hash: "b096118d047b5e8b48d3fbfbb4adaa2669dd897befa3120fa3365620b9606333"
+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 2501 (54th-1st-regular) — electronic records; state library
+
+## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0275.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2501GOVERNMENT.DOCX.htm)
+3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2501H.htm)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2501P.htm)
+5. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2501GOV.DOCX.htm)
+6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2501S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Walter Blackman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-14** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-02-05** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-20** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-06** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** transmit to senate
+- **2019-03-18** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-07** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-26** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-25** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-30** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-30** transmit to house
+- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-24** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-06** 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/36bc3f9d-77f9-4d21-989f-8f112d16ae75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+