---
type: "Bill"
title: "proper venue; challenges; policy statements"
description: "proper venue; challenges; policy statements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2490"
citation: "Arizona HB 2490 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Selina Bliss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c775c4f4-207b-49a4-989a-5001dd581853"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80354?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "e66b71af4bda1191b148e09e25ea8b782e34b768243af4c78ed2718d82a2c88f"
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 2490 (56th-2nd-regular) — proper venue; challenges; policy statements

## 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/0194.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2490government.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2490h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2490p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Hernandez flr amendment (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519531)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2490s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Selina Bliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-08** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Transmit to House
- **2024-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** 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/c775c4f4-207b-49a4-989a-5001dd581853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).