---
type: "Bill"
title: "government property; abatement; slum; blight"
description: "government property; abatement; slum; blight"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2126"
citation: "Arizona HB 2126 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABATEMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "TAXATION - TITLE 42"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Leach"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3df5ead-8e14-41c8-9b7a-a591269c9936"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69833?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "7f3d4d0f55721904db4acc866cce4c1b1c03c3e428383fae7e360e7993a714cb"
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 2126 (53rd-2nd-regular) — government property; abatement; slum; blight

## Version chain

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

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/laws/0231.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2126H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2126P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2126S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vince Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-16** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-05** transmit to house
- **2018-03-06** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-11** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-01** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-17** 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/b3df5ead-8e14-41c8-9b7a-a591269c9936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).