---
type: "Bill"
title: "protective orders; filing requirements"
description: "protective orders; filing requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2249"
citation: "Arizona HB 2249 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "PROTECTIVE ORDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27a85f4d-4c89-4001-a510-3248e623ab41"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69998?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "cf6df6a4f53f9986086528cb3fcb22d2e9ee930ee12ccd67cfaba2d7b3aff139"
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 2249 (53rd-2nd-regular) — protective orders; filing requirements

## 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/0232.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2249H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2249P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2249S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-29** transmit to house
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-11** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-16** 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/27a85f4d-4c89-4001-a510-3248e623ab41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).