---
type: "Bill"
title: "criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2017-2018."
description: "criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2017-2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2540"
citation: "Arizona HB 2540 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET BILLS", "BUDGET RECONCILIATION", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY", "JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Javan D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-05-02"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c0d734c-ba16-4352-9b1b-562dd7b398bc"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69573?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "096a13dae44094d2177673c63e629c5eefce002b055a045ce868ccce37463f28"
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 2540 (53rd-1st-regular) — criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2017-2018.

## 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/0303.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2540H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2540P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Javan D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-02** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-04** transmit to senate
- **2017-05-03** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-04** transmit to house
- **2017-05-04** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-08** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-12** 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/9c0d734c-ba16-4352-9b1b-562dd7b398bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).