---
type: "Bill"
title: "funeral director interns"
description: "funeral director interns"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2188"
citation: "Arizona HB 2188 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMBALMERS", "FUNERAL DIRECTORS", "INTERNSHIPS", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0873797f-546f-4ed7-9203-302d98e1046f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71293?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "12c99eb259ce6d2a3da249a3c428a9eafcf8a3d1052bbc81535f3b59d94ddee8"
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 2188 (54th-1st-regular) — funeral director interns

## 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/0090.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2188H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2188P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Commerce - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/proposed/S.2188UGENTI-RITA.DOCX.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** transmit to senate
- **2019-02-04** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-02-26** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** dp `passage`
- **2019-04-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** transmit to house
- **2019-04-10** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** 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/0873797f-546f-4ed7-9203-302d98e1046f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).