---
type: "Bill"
title: "private property access; rights-of-way"
description: "private property access; rights-of-way"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2157"
citation: "Arizona HB 2157 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS", "PRIVATE PROPERTY", "PROPERTY", "RIGHT-OF-WAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell Bowers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdf41562-7bff-45b5-bc95-1233417e6f83"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68645?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "c0aee7937e61a59310fdf571b9f0ec030960d4c89cf38406749fcac08ae9d233"
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 2157 (53rd-1st-regular) — private property access; rights-of-way

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0214.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2157H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2157P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2157S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Russell Bowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-17** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-18** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** transmit to house
- **2017-02-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** passed `passage`
- **2017-04-24** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-22** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-28** 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/cdf41562-7bff-45b5-bc95-1233417e6f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).