---
type: "Bill"
title: "food handler certificates; training; exemption"
description: "food handler certificates; training; exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2016"
citation: "Arizona HB 2016 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L Cook"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fd9c81c-8a7f-4a90-8b11-cb9d1ab2c021"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78073?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "9bd2cd2571df7528c77341bd3ba4e1a3e14ab96228dcf84ce5b7af4b8b3f3579"
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 2016 (56th-1st-regular) — food handler certificates; training; exemption

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0051.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/505055)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/505059)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2016h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2016p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L Cook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-02-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Transmit to House
- **2023-04-10** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** 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/9fd9c81c-8a7f-4a90-8b11-cb9d1ab2c021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).