---
type: "Bill"
title: "tax returns; late filing; penalties"
description: "tax returns; late filing; penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2016"
citation: "Arizona HB 2016 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Way"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-11-19"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf113839-51e0-4eca-ace2-26fd5b510f21"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83549?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "5c931201ebd056895864bfd59412f2127ec84c03e172d94320b91e0eef58d659"
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 2016 (57th-2nd-regular) — tax returns; late filing; penalties

## 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/57leg/2r/laws/0191.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Way - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/536799)
3. **House Engrossed Version (02/23/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2016h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2016p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Finance** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/540691)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version (04/13/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2016s.pdf)

## Votes

- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **36–18** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–10** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **42–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Way — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-19** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-02-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-02-25** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Transmit to House
- **2026-06-09** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-09** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-10** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 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/bf113839-51e0-4eca-ace2-26fd5b510f21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).