---
type: "Bill"
title: "jail; prohibited items; drugs"
description: "jail; prohibited items; drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2246"
citation: "Arizona HB 2246 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS - TITLE 31", "PROHIBITED ITEMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d62ed64a-152b-4837-bb20-61fe20ca6299"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69992?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "aad0910e5a519d120c71a9b33787383b7a6c9a0e66b8cc739dc51df7749c139a"
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-2nd-regular) — jail; prohibited items; drugs

## 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/0202.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2246H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2246P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2246S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–2** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** transmit to senate
- **2018-01-17** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-26** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-26** transmit to house
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-10** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-12** 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/d62ed64a-152b-4837-bb20-61fe20ca6299`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).