---
type: "Bill"
title: "limited jurisdiction courts; judgment assignment"
description: "limited jurisdiction courts; judgment assignment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2579"
citation: "Arizona HB 2579 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL JUDGMENTS", "COURTS", "JUDGMENT ASSIGNMENT", "JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS - TITLE 22", "LIMITED JURISDICTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbbfee4a-8a16-4c9a-bd56-29ef4922af2d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75225?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "59ec63c791474ad33c55cd9cb1608edf71f0a724c40069b320c894a14dadebfe"
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 2579 (55th-1st-regular) — limited jurisdiction courts; judgment assignment

## 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/0172.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Griffin - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485619)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2579H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2579P.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-23** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** DP `passage`
- **2021-03-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05** 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/dbbfee4a-8a16-4c9a-bd56-29ef4922af2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).