---
type: "Bill"
title: "law enforcement officers; polygraph; examinations"
description: "law enforcement officers; polygraph; examinations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2159"
citation: "Arizona HB 2159 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb125b9-e322-4cf4-b8a9-8f360ae4bd2d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76578?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "ade994406fdf509dbee856b7354d602ea941386d4355947c15925979d0f6c7a5"
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 2159 (55th-2nd-regular) — law enforcement officers; polygraph; examinations

## 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/0175.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by MAPS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/494478)
3. **HOUSE - Military Affairs & Public Safety** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2159military affairs  public safety.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2159h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2159p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2159rules.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2159s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **51–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-12** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-19** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-19** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-19** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** 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/ffb125b9-e322-4cf4-b8a9-8f360ae4bd2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).