---
type: "Bill"
title: "vehicle impoundment; release of vehicles"
description: "vehicle impoundment; release of vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2159"
citation: "Arizona HB 2159 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION", "VEHICLE IMPOUNDMENT", "VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darin Mitchell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/371860fb-8ca7-45ac-b3a7-8dfdb2c3340d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68647?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "16b06c915a302578c56df96b8edbc6686b32a1a3be233bc6984e6662864fb7aa"
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 2159 (53rd-1st-regular) — vehicle impoundment; release of vehicles

## 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/0249.htm)
2. **Conference Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2159C.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2159H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2159P.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2159S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Darin Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** transmit to senate
- **2017-01-18** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** transmit to house
- **2017-02-20** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** passed `passage`
- **2017-04-25** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-25** passed `passage`
- **2017-04-25** transmit to house
- **2017-04-26** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** 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/371860fb-8ca7-45ac-b3a7-8dfdb2c3340d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).