---
type: "Bill"
title: "department of veterans' services; study"
description: "department of veterans' services; study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2406"
citation: "Arizona HB 2406 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Willoughby"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd3b269b-e7fb-469c-a0bf-75cffd07cf47"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84169?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "82312e35ea3f1d3edf091693058025962a3ac92a150db0642d30fc84d4dfe4bd"
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 2406 (57th-2nd-regular) — department of veterans' services; study

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Engrossed Version (02/24/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2406h.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2406p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Judiciary and Elections - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/541658)
4. **SENATE - Rogers flr amend (ref JUDE) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543477)
5. **SENATE - Rogers flr amend (ref Senate Engrossed House Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543684)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version (06/12/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2406s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **36–17** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Willoughby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-02-23** DP `informal-passage`
- **2026-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-23** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-25** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-12** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-12** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-12** Transmit to House
- **2026-06-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-13** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 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/bd3b269b-e7fb-469c-a0bf-75cffd07cf47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).