---
type: "Bill"
title: "natural resources projects; court actions"
description: "natural resources projects; court actions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2096"
citation: "Arizona HB 2096 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE MANAGEMENT", "PUBLIC LANDS", "STATE LAND DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d51ac88-28cb-4532-9c4e-9d01182729d5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68556?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "c77d18de027434c172749c8da934a4ad9f1d32fd31b35ac432e284a10e995fb8"
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 2096 (53rd-1st-regular) — natural resources projects; court actions

## Version chain

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

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0247.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2096H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2096P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-12** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-17** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-02** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-24** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-26** transmit to house
- **2017-04-26** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d51ac88-28cb-4532-9c4e-9d01182729d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).