---
type: "Bill"
title: "limitations of actions; dedicated property"
description: "limitations of actions; dedicated property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2240"
citation: "Arizona HB 2240 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "REAL PROPERTY", "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony T. Kern"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e3575da-a671-4c27-b183-65f6d733be20"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71343?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "22cd60f4e02d4c2cabb4384285ffd6e81dfb2a313893302c361c1dbd99aa2af9"
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 2240 (54th-1st-regular) — limitations of actions; dedicated property

## 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/0051.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kern - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467733)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2240JUDICIARY.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2240H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2240P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2240RULES.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2240S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **51–8** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **49–10** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony T. Kern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-29** 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`
- **2019-03-14** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-26** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** transmit to house
- **2019-04-03** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-03** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-03** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-09** 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/4e3575da-a671-4c27-b183-65f6d733be20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).