---
type: "Bill"
title: "planned communities; declarant control"
description: "planned communities; declarant control"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2698"
citation: "Arizona HB 2698 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neal Carter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6806c5b9-7a2a-451b-99d4-7ce651bac99a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80895?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "9b5fb2fd3a447b5b6f7c44819eec0226351b4139f75e9e09c81b7d025080c6a9"
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 2698 (56th-2nd-regular) — planned communities; declarant control

## 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/0124.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to RA - Carter - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/515315)
3. **HOUSE - Regulatory Affairs - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2698regulatory affairs.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2698h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2698p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neal Carter — primary (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`
- **2024-02-07** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-04** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-09** 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/6806c5b9-7a2a-451b-99d4-7ce651bac99a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).