---
type: "Bill"
title: "restaurants; small alcohol ratio exemption"
description: "restaurants; small alcohol ratio exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2199"
citation: "Arizona HB 2199 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddbcc139-fa4e-4ebe-8308-a49f0cd2c85d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80026?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "58262c76fc9781b241ee916ae8b1f2d74d198821ced2669107c9cdca7e35d1f0"
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 2199 (56th-2nd-regular) — restaurants; small alcohol ratio 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/2r/laws/0138.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2199commerce.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2199h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2199p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Finance and Commerce - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/s.2199fico.pdf)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2199s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **21–7** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Gress — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-10** 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/ddbcc139-fa4e-4ebe-8308-a49f0cd2c85d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).