---
type: "Bill"
title: "credit unions; certificates; powers; committee"
description: "credit unions; certificates; powers; committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2979"
citation: "Arizona HB 2979 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin Wilmeth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0afdec3-bd7e-402c-b3ad-162495abe0a5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85299?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "3abb8d6d97108d488260f607beee976c95a0fe5f10e11261f4fe209e6ace3d2c"
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 2979 (57th-2nd-regular) — credit unions; certificates; powers; committee

## Version chain

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

1. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/538020)
2. **House Engrossed Version (02/26/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2979h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2979p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **52–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justin Wilmeth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-03-09** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-16** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** Transmit to House
- **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/e0afdec3-bd7e-402c-b3ad-162495abe0a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).