---
type: "Bill"
title: "protective orders; central repository; notification"
description: "protective orders; central repository; notification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2158"
citation: "Arizona HB 2158 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CENTRAL REPOSITORY", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "FEES", "INJUNCTIONS", "NOTIFICATION", "ORDERS OF PROTECTION", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS", "SUPREME COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246cac47-2e19-4424-bd48-a3bc5269db16"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74582?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "1f90dcf798d5e9ff873ff64e4a4308853b5f8dff1f184e1059c16e0565cc0b89"
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 2158 (55th-1st-regular) — protective orders; central repository; notification

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0258.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2158H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2158P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2158JUD.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2158S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-23** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** 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/246cac47-2e19-4424-bd48-a3bc5269db16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).