---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arizona lengthy trial fund; continuation."
description: "Arizona lengthy trial fund; continuation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2246"
citation: "Arizona HB 2246 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARIZONA LENGTHY TRIAL FUND", "CONTINUATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a4e65e-9f0b-49e4-8f0f-b6a2d5ada7bb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68761?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "7c8a15ad3b2f7a1b165298b7644f63603ff01414a80fc204c0a836e901c140ae"
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 2246 (53rd-1st-regular) — Arizona lengthy trial fund; continuation.

## 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/0141.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2246H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2246P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-17** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-30** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-03** transmit to house
- **2017-04-04** 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/a6a4e65e-9f0b-49e4-8f0f-b6a2d5ada7bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).