---
type: "Bill"
title: "liquor omnibus"
description: "liquor omnibus"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2281"
citation: "Arizona HB 2281 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - TITLE 4", "DEFINITIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND CONTROL", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "LIQUOR", "OMNIBUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Weninger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65b68ac1-6e79-4c94-8d71-062dac1b4465"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71393?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "8b6d15cc2a75e5f6e1bc284a13dde35aa0e4ddd4c8aa5058f0736af7625c0a1c"
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 2281 (54th-1st-regular) — liquor omnibus

## 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/0136.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2281COMMERCE.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to COM - Weninger - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467932)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2281H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2281P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2281COM.DOCX.htm)
7. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2281RULES.DOCX.htm)
8. **SENATE - Ugenti-Rita flr amend (ref COM) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2281UGENTI-RITA1052.docx.htm)
9. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2281S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Weninger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-29** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** transmit to house
- **2019-04-22** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-22** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-22** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** 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/65b68ac1-6e79-4c94-8d71-062dac1b4465`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).