---
type: "Bill"
title: "space flight activities; release agreement"
description: "space flight activities; release agreement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2423"
citation: "Arizona HB 2423 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LIABILITY", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION", "RELEASE AGREEMENT", "SPACE FLIGHT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Weninger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12f6a4e1-ff6b-463c-8c2a-9ad968ee068a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71554?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "5b99e121bde150ec95cfabed4ae1f7f8df60a3096736b6123657e4b981304fc5"
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 2423 (54th-1st-regular) — space flight activities; release agreement

## 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/0091.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2423COMMERCE.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to COM - Weninger - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467410)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2423H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2423P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Farnsworth E flr amend (ref JUD) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2423FARNSWORTH E0259.docx.htm)
7. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2423JUD.DOCX.htm)
8. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2423RULES.DOCX.htm)
9. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2423S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Weninger — primary (person)
- Charlene R. Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- Geraldine Peten — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas "T.J." Shope, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Travis W. Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Walter Blackman — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-31** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** transmit to house
- **2019-04-10** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-10** passed `passage`
- **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/12f6a4e1-ff6b-463c-8c2a-9ad968ee068a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).