---
type: "Bill"
title: "judges; election; technical correction"
description: "judges; election; technical correction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2238"
citation: "Arizona HB 2238 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTION PROCEDURES", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly Townsend"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eddf2d02-4d48-43d5-9f3e-07c7f2c934e5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71323?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "f3b46276bc6820590c8adb353f7f1404542c734a78566f3614638ded56ae7944"
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 2238 (54th-1st-regular) — judges; election; technical correction

## 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/0099.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Elections - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2238ELECTIONS.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2238H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2238P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly Townsend — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** dpa/se `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-13** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** dp `passage`
- **2019-04-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** transmit to house
- **2019-04-16** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-17** 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/eddf2d02-4d48-43d5-9f3e-07c7f2c934e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).