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legislation/us/states/az/56th-1st-regular/hb-2223.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "liquor; licensing; processes; procedures"
+description: "liquor; licensing; processes; procedures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "56th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2223"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2223 (56th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-19"
+last_action: "2023-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254f88d2-4c6c-471b-b10b-7d97234a9d0a"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78324?SessionId=127"
+source_hash: "14809d9f97eaea86af0680306f4bf27b164ef7a440abc567ae3c6b2af06b4f60"
+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 2223 (56th-1st-regular) — liquor; licensing; processes; procedures
+
+## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0025.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.2223commerce.pdf)
+3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2223h.pdf)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2223p.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **23–4** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matt Gress — primary (person)
+- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-19** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-23** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-23** Transmit to Senate
+- **2023-02-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-08** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30** Transmit to House
+- **2023-04-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-06** 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/254f88d2-4c6c-471b-b10b-7d97234a9d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
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