---
type: "Bill"
title: "registrar of contractors; licensing; exemption"
description: "registrar of contractors; licensing; exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2181"
citation: "Arizona HB 2181 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "LICENSING", "LICENSURE", "MUNICIPALITIES", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Travis W. Grantham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d63791f4-2885-4575-a6c3-7eec8727e0be"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71284?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "5a5fa8059fa0a8ba46613261c2174bdd30f149dbcf0bcee31ea9704cfb3b28e3"
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 2181 (54th-1st-regular) — registrar of contractors; licensing; exemption

## 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/0140.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to RA - Grantham - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467694)
3. **HOUSE - Regulatory Affairs - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2181REGULATORY AFFAIRS.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2181H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2181P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **41–19** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Travis W. Grantham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** dpa/se `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-24** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-14** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** dp `passage`
- **2019-04-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** transmit to house
- **2019-04-23** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29** 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/d63791f4-2885-4575-a6c3-7eec8727e0be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).