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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "administrative hearings; change of judge"
+description: "administrative hearings; change of judge"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "57th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2451"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2451 (57th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Julie Willoughby"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2025-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4506a48f-5cae-42b8-8f44-444870630853"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82251?SessionId=129"
+source_hash: "eae435040f8dc5bb0a97880e26ef5eef7e93116d4f4b32f890dda8cdad44fa85"
+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 2451 (57th-1st-regular) — administrative hearings; change of judge
+
+## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0127.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - 2451JUDICIARY.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523188)
+3. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523039)
+4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2451h.pdf)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2451P.htm)
+6. **SENATE - Rogers flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529196)
+7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2451s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **53–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **24–6** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Julie Willoughby — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-19** Transmit to Senate
+- **2025-02-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** Transmit to House
+- **2025-04-29** PASSED `passage`
+- **2025-04-29** PASSED `passage`
+- **2025-04-29** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-02** 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/4506a48f-5cae-42b8-8f44-444870630853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+