---
type: "Bill"
title: "courts; fees; assessments"
description: "courts; fees; assessments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2265"
citation: "Arizona HB 2265 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neal Carter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8fc48a9-0e31-40be-8865-74080c0fdd3e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83989?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "8a09450842096934807fdf34a3d84b8945d706280c4a9fce348215fd4967a2ad"
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 2265 (57th-2nd-regular) — courts; fees; assessments

## 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/0195.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Carter N - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/537992)
3. **House Engrossed Version (02/23/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2265h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2265p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref House Engrossed Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543459)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version (06/09/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2265s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **51–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **55–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neal Carter — 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`
- **2026-02-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-02-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-03-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** Transmit to House
- **2026-06-10** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 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/a8fc48a9-0e31-40be-8865-74080c0fdd3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).