---
type: "Bill"
title: "landlord tenant; security deposits"
description: "landlord tenant; security deposits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2651"
citation: "Arizona HB 2651 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LANDLORD TENANT ACT", "PROPERTY - TITLE 33", "SECURITY DEPOSITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BEN TOMA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-30"
last_action: "2018-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb9d4b53-eabe-4e3d-9b9e-22126ef41629"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70946?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "4cdbb554b9422694f07d455327ee11ef5e0989d24b006e9d727e5c8e81879267"
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 2651 (53rd-2nd-regular) — landlord tenant; security deposits

## 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/0323.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2651H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2651P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **43–17** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **18–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BEN TOMA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-30** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** transmit to senate
- **2018-05-01** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-03** transmit to house
- **2018-05-03** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-04** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16** 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/cb9d4b53-eabe-4e3d-9b9e-22126ef41629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).