---
type: "Bill"
title: "child support rights transfer"
description: "child support rights transfer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2278"
citation: "Arizona HB 2278 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SUPPORT", "DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY", "WELFARE - TITLE 46"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina E. Cobb"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b50aed2-0e83-4315-a05f-d2890d51a68e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70042?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "f38f2672b1926fbd3d96fbb6911ce7a769b72fa419d18ce64653b9197c8b6b4c"
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 2278 (53rd-2nd-regular) — child support rights transfer

## 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/0014.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2278H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2278P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Regina E. Cobb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-13** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-08** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-13** transmit to house
- **2018-03-14** 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/3b50aed2-0e83-4315-a05f-d2890d51a68e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).