---
type: "Bill"
title: "governor appointees; criminal records checks"
description: "governor appointees; criminal records checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2515"
citation: "Arizona HB 2515 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BACKGROUND CHECKS", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK", "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae54d0d-a3dd-45c4-b46b-d43ff73fbe69"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69531?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "01e7d21d40b051d3cc72b5775500e87a6eb292fd598d09e35b6c3691300cfd4a"
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 2515 (53rd-1st-regular) — governor appointees; criminal records checks

## 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/0327.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2515H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2515P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-09** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** 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`
- **2017-05-22** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-23** transmit to senate
- **2017-05-09** transmit to house
- **2017-05-10** 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/4ae54d0d-a3dd-45c4-b46b-d43ff73fbe69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).