---
type: "Bill"
title: "spirituous liquor; DHS; inspection; exemption"
description: "spirituous liquor; DHS; inspection; exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2618"
citation: "Arizona HB 2618 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alma Hernandez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/427ab7fd-3d9f-4ad7-9685-80d7d7d88402"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80498?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "c3e2e8681188b852f564d912e7c836cf9222079df324dcd250fd14251be67303"
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 2618 (56th-2nd-regular) — spirituous liquor; DHS; inspection; 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/0254.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2618h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2618p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **54–5** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **16–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alma Hernandez — primary (person)
- Austin Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Consuelo Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Gress — cosponsor (person)
- Quantá Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Sally Ann Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas "T.J." Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M Dunn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **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`
- **2024-03-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-12** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** Transmit to House
- **2024-06-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-21** 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/427ab7fd-3d9f-4ad7-9685-80d7d7d88402`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).