---
type: "Bill"
title: "name change petition; sex offenders"
description: "name change petition; sex offenders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2223"
citation: "Arizona HB 2223 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quang H Nguyen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e11d03-7dfc-4f68-b44e-d804c9a9d0f1"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83944?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "7715b2da4d5650b476f98dd73746e675d7b8afa681c793edc31e6f4ceb6cedd9"
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 2223 (57th-2nd-regular) — name change petition; sex offenders

## 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/0022.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/535225)
3. **House Engrossed Version (02/18/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2223h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2223p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quang H Nguyen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** Transmit to House
- **2026-04-02** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07** 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/80e11d03-7dfc-4f68-b44e-d804c9a9d0f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).