---
type: "Bill"
title: "wrong-way driving; violation; DUI"
description: "wrong-way driving; violation; DUI"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2243"
citation: "Arizona HB 2243 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PENALTY", "DRIVING", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28", "WRONG-WAY DRIVERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5df6b11a-9448-41cb-9d8a-9e7f031837e7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69987?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "10d9bd63e15d1cb26af84a494e5ca2842dab98311e72f344f2d9cf277153ef05"
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 2243 (53rd-2nd-regular) — wrong-way driving; violation; DUI

## 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/0081.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2243H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2243P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **38–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-16** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-14** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-20** transmit to house
- **2018-03-21** 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/5df6b11a-9448-41cb-9d8a-9e7f031837e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).