---
type: "Bill"
title: "organ; tissue; donations; procurement organizations"
description: "organ; tissue; donations; procurement organizations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2497"
citation: "Arizona HB 2497 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina E. Cobb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83db4637-e946-4d8c-9a67-168f49eb3be4"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69510?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "5783600fb53927f6c2fa755dadd0786a865d323c1ea4686b8c735c5c41a00142"
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 2497 (53rd-1st-regular) — organ; tissue; donations; procurement organizations

## 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/0171.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2497H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2497P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2497S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Regina E. Cobb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** passed `passage`
- **2017-02-08** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-02-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-18** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-23** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-23** transmit to house
- **2017-04-17** 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/83db4637-e946-4d8c-9a67-168f49eb3be4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).