---
type: "Bill"
title: "public lands; management department; committee"
description: "public lands; management department; committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2547"
citation: "Arizona HB 2547 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT", "FUNDS", "PUBLIC LANDS - TITLE 37", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Finchem"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/552f57a6-6b60-44be-96bf-5a644399d253"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71861?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "dfa4519aa2acbebe801035fc14a37b213b49b72324c651576a6eab4eeeba91ae"
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 2547 (54th-1st-regular) — public lands; management department; committee

## 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/0293.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Finchem - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467384)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2547H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2547P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Borrelli flr amend (ref NRE) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2547FLOORBORRELLI.docx.htm)
6. **SENATE - Natural Resources and Energy - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2547NRE.DOCX.htm)
7. **SENATE - Pratt flr amend (ref NRE) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2547FloorPRATT2.docx.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2547S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **18–11** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **39–20** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Finchem — primary (person)
- Anthony T. Kern — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Thorpe — cosponsor (person)
- Bret Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John Allen — cosponsor (person)
- John Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Noel Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas "T.J." Shope, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Travis W. Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — 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`
- **2019-02-06** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-11** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-02-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-27** dpa/se `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** transmit to house
- **2019-05-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-27** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** 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/552f57a6-6b60-44be-96bf-5a644399d253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).