---
type: "Bill"
title: "stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo"
description: "stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2456"
citation: "Arizona HB 2456 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF DIRECTORS", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "COUNTY STADIUM DISTRICTS", "PSPRS", "PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS - TITLE 48", "STATE TREASURER", "TAXATION - TITLE 42"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Finchem"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ba5fb2-a61e-48e5-864c-3d86683fc85f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70386?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "bd54da2680241768775c9335e21deb7947c00978ff65685733c4a7736fc83980"
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 2456 (53rd-2nd-regular) — stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo

## 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/0138.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2456H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2456P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **38–17** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Finchem — primary (person)
- Don Shooter — cosponsor (person)
- Todd A. Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-29** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-02-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-05** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-23** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-02** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** transmit to house

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4ba5fb2-a61e-48e5-864c-3d86683fc85f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).