---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19; vaccination requirements; prohibition"
description: "COVID-19; vaccination requirements; prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2498"
citation: "Arizona HB 2498 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Hoffman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9640b0af-2ca3-43f7-9c0f-fff912dc07b1"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77017?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "4134ee36a3ae0627076c72d307929b0f81fa6f5a364a6e45c43d82671a3f96d3"
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 2498 (55th-2nd-regular) — COVID-19; vaccination requirements; prohibition

## 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/0180.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Hoffman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495710)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2498h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2498p.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jake Hoffman — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Judy M. Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Neal Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — 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`
- **2022-02-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-18** Transmit to House
- **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/9640b0af-2ca3-43f7-9c0f-fff912dc07b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).