---
type: "Bill"
title: "public debt; refinance; JCCR review"
description: "public debt; refinance; JCCR review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2598"
citation: "Arizona HB 2598 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JOINT COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL REVIEW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony T. Kern"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9e4c549-ec9f-496b-a330-ca9e564813eb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72232?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "ad371a70f53438dcd57ee78220953b5f2f23089f75abf2681240bae3c060fcf3"
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 2598 (54th-1st-regular) — public debt; refinance; JCCR review

## 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/0132.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2598H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2598P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Gowan flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2598GOWAN0500.docx.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2598S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **54–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony T. Kern — primary (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-03-13** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** transmit to house
- **2019-04-18** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** 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/a9e4c549-ec9f-496b-a330-ca9e564813eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).