---
type: "Bill"
title: "department of forestry; continuation"
description: "department of forestry; continuation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2012"
citation: "Arizona HB 2012 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-11-20"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdab47b6-4907-4627-89d8-781db578dd3b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79764?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "d198f8f4663d9482e71b93665eb9d52b186fb02864925851e9e8908653bf0140"
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 2012 (56th-2nd-regular) — department of forestry; continuation

## 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/2r/laws/0061.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2012land agriculture  rural affairs.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2012h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2012p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **47–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-20** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2024-01-30** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-28** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** 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/cdab47b6-4907-4627-89d8-781db578dd3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).