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+type: "Bill"
+title: "blockchain and cryptocurrency study committee"
+description: "blockchain and cryptocurrency study committee"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2544"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2544 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY STUDY COMMITTEE", "DELAYED REPEAL (S)", "DUTIES (S)", "ESTABLISHING (S)", "MEMBERS (S)", "REPORTS (S)", "STUDY COMMITTEE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Justin Wilmeth"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-01-28"
+last_action: "2021-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9f4b4f4-e846-4e30-a4b9-2e5379915f92"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75175?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "b0c79eb22d623490fed25b5a59e938d971f7462898957de3e579ddb8b3d5b74b"
+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 2544 (55th-1st-regular) — blockchain and cryptocurrency study committee
+
+## 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/0339.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Amended by COM - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/484716)
+3. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2544COMMERCE.DOCX.htm)
+4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Salman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/484717)
+5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2544H.htm)
+6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2544P.htm)
+7. **SENATE - Livingston flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2544FloorLIVINGSTON.docx.htm)
+8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2544S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **42–17** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **33–27** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **21–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Justin Wilmeth — primary (person)
+- Aaron Lieberman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Kaiser — 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`
+- **2021-02-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **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`
+- **2021-03-24** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
+- **2021-05-03** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-05-03** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-07** 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/b9f4b4f4-e846-4e30-a4b9-2e5379915f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+