---
type: "Bill"
title: "national guard; employment rights"
description: "national guard; employment rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2421"
citation: "Arizona HB 2421 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - TITLE 26", "NATIONAL GUARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. Andrade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5447ca21-f147-41ee-8add-6a6725c74534"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70252?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "9d96689ea71dca321c41a80e6acba6d7a4323561b2e95a749a6c26137e546625"
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 2421 (53rd-2nd-regular) — national guard; employment rights

## 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/0118.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2421H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2421P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard C. Andrade — primary (person)
- BEN TOMA — cosponsor (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Thorpe — cosponsor (person)
- Charlene R. Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Darin Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- David Stringer — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Drew John — cosponsor (person)
- Gerae Peten — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Kelli Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Macario Saldate — cosponsor (person)
- Mark A. Cardenas — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Mitzi Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Noel W. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Friese — cosponsor (person)
- Ray D. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Reginald Bolding — cosponsor (person)
- Rosanna Gabaldón — cosponsor (person)
- Sally Ann Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Todd A. Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Wenona Benally — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-03** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-16** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-28** transmit to house
- **2018-03-29** 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/5447ca21-f147-41ee-8add-6a6725c74534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).