---
type: "Bill"
title: "civil rights restoration; requirements; process"
description: "civil rights restoration; requirements; process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2119"
citation: "Arizona HB 2119 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Kaiser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/688a11d3-c2b5-4293-9063-ef85e21b7dc6"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76525?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "a0417bfbe7b4b3bdad9fb1995b11118d0253cc68c8b2b6009bda9265c0525c40"
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 2119 (55th-2nd-regular) — civil rights restoration; requirements; process

## 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/2r/laws/0199.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2119h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2119p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2119jud.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Petersen flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2119petersen1125.pdf)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2119s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **57–2** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Kaiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-20** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** 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/688a11d3-c2b5-4293-9063-ef85e21b7dc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).