---
type: "Bill"
title: "residential beds; seriously mentally ill"
description: "residential beds; seriously mentally ill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2152"
citation: "Arizona HB 2152 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS - TITLE 31"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2860d656-bb1b-44a0-a53c-0b4db0eabb8f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71247?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "9e46f9f16bdbde4af94e1e657231330090f7f6f488e0e20ecc09f181af563e2a"
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 2152 (54th-1st-regular) — residential beds; seriously mentally ill

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0258.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2152HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2152H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2152P.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-23** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** dp `passage`
- **2019-05-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** transmit to house
- **2019-05-21** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-27** 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/2860d656-bb1b-44a0-a53c-0b4db0eabb8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).