---
type: "Bill"
title: "incorporation; urban areas"
description: "incorporation; urban areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2455"
citation: "Arizona HB 2455 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neal Carter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e47f60ee-af92-4812-817f-fa8f1aed1fe5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76951?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "2a9c1c1459729e8bff6d23eaade8588913ed1d4ca6e57b910dd96fa83816dd28"
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 2455 (55th-2nd-regular) — incorporation; urban areas

## 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/0108.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by GE - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495369)
3. **HOUSE - Government & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2455government  elections.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2455h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2455p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–2** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **22–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neal Carter — primary (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Dunn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22** DP `passage`
- **2022-03-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-06** 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/e47f60ee-af92-4812-817f-fa8f1aed1fe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).