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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "veteran suicides; annual report"
+description: "veteran suicides; annual report"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2542"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2542 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANNUAL REPORT", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "VETERAN SUICIDES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Justin Wilmeth"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-28"
+last_action: "2021-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21013f89-fe93-4c81-bb91-2b764c1216dc"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75173?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "97f180dd416aa41069f3e8ce3faf9a0d61fb1e81c81fd9b8fe4b2cfba88b76ce"
+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 2542 (55th-1st-regular) — veteran suicides; annual report
+
+## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0223.htm)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2542H.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2542P.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Justin Wilmeth — primary (person)
+- Aaron Lieberman — cosponsor (person)
+- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
+- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
+- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Jermaine — cosponsor (person)
+- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
+- Joel John — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)
+- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-28** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-01** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-08** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-23** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-25** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-01** DP `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-07** Transmit to House
+- **2021-04-08** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-14** 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/21013f89-fe93-4c81-bb91-2b764c1216dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+