---
type: "Bill"
title: "bankruptcy exemption; personal property"
description: "bankruptcy exemption; personal property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2211"
citation: "Arizona HB 2211 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANKRUPTCY EXEMPTIONS", "EXEMPTION", "PERSONAL PROPERTY", "PROPERTY - TITLE 33"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Thorpe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0cc8122-42a6-4519-b290-c2544999725a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69974?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "27aadc52165b463ac9e153b11e806b32d998580330c5b00475aadf4b7327138f"
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 2211 (53rd-2nd-regular) — bankruptcy exemption; personal property

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0200.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2211H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2211P.htm)

## Votes

- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **34–25** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Thorpe — primary (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- David Stringer — cosponsor (person)
- Drew John — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Todd A. Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-12** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-21** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-05** transmit to house
- **2018-04-09** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0cc8122-42a6-4519-b290-c2544999725a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).