---
type: "Bill"
title: "tourism improvement areas; municipalities; counties"
description: "tourism improvement areas; municipalities; counties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2950"
citation: "Arizona HB 2950 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin Wilmeth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a9d6ca7-ae2a-4752-aec5-50bb8ef375a3"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85089?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "264232e4ad6e7a7929c9ca2c7d8378efdb72910b202458764dbc3b318ae65089"
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 2950 (57th-2nd-regular) — tourism improvement areas; municipalities; counties

## Version chain

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

1. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Wilmeth - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/540131)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Wilmeth - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/540329)
3. **House Engrossed Version (03/16/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2950h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2950p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542695)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version (06/09/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2950s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **10–19** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **39–12** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **42–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justin Wilmeth — primary (person)
- Brian Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Consuelo Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Volk — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Peña — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas "T.J." Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Venden "Vince" Leach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-05** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-03-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-11** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-03-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-16** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-03-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2026-04-27** PASSED `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/5a9d6ca7-ae2a-4752-aec5-50bb8ef375a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).