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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "hospitals; visitation"
+description: "hospitals; visitation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2575"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2575 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CLERGY (S)", "EMERGENCY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE (S)", "HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS", "HOSPITALS", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "RELIGIOUS PURPOSES (S)", "VISITATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Quang H. Nguyen"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-02-02"
+last_action: "2021-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8637111c-0ad8-4569-9779-51fa0c084cbd"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75221?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "3a6d80719b894683e8ed4e616858160dd92f4052e0b09544558e95a4683cac81"
+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 2575 (55th-1st-regular) — hospitals; visitation
+
+## 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/0321.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2575HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
+3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to HHS - Nguyen - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485369)
+4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2575H.htm)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2575P.htm)
+6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2575HHS.DOCX.htm)
+7. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) (sub HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2575MESNARD0434.docx.htm)
+8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2575S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **46–13** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **19–11** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **48–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Quang H. Nguyen — primary (person)
+- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
+- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
+- Joel John — cosponsor (person)
+- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-24** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
+- **2021-04-29** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-05** 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/8637111c-0ad8-4569-9779-51fa0c084cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+