---
type: "Bill"
title: "prisoners; transition program; eligibility"
description: "prisoners; transition program; eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2266"
citation: "Arizona HB 2266 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS", "PRISONER TRANSITION PROGRAM", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS - TITLE 31", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/474d43cf-6e99-4d9b-8bec-b05f0acd4c3e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71373?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "5358ce7e7bf32e659aa92f781360ac813b14da525ad5ab162d5a6a67c81edff0"
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 2266 (54th-1st-regular) — prisoners; transition program; eligibility

## 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/0228.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Public Safety** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2266PUBLIC SAFETY.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2266H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2266P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)
- Bret Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-29** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-14** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-06** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** transmit to house
- **2019-05-08** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** 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/474d43cf-6e99-4d9b-8bec-b05f0acd4c3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).