---
type: "Bill"
title: "health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019."
description: "health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2659"
citation: "Arizona HB 2659 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AHCCCS", "ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM", "BUDGET BILLS", "BUDGET RECONCILIATION", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES", "HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Javan D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-30"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89abc8ac-3a89-4c52-bcf2-48d0b3d16e0b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70952?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "4c1a1ab90b1fd61c8290255e1cec5dbc0966d390d0b368da7b159af55fe9d709"
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 2659 (53rd-2nd-regular) — health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019.

## 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/0284.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2659H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2659P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–13** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- failed to pass — **25–34** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Javan D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-30** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-02** failed `failure`
- **2018-05-02** transmit to senate
- **2018-05-01** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** transmit to house
- **2018-05-03** 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/89abc8ac-3a89-4c52-bcf2-48d0b3d16e0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).