---
type: "Bill"
title: "department of agriculture; application review"
description: "department of agriculture; application review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2646"
citation: "Arizona HB 2646 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY", "E-CONNECTIVITY", "EMERGENCY", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arlando Teller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fddfaada-a398-48d7-9d0e-412584252334"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72282?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "1a748979cd38e29eff10155135fe1d807dd9ff10b48b6550545d44c92c80c1e9"
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 2646 (54th-1st-regular) — department of agriculture; application 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/0295.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2646H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2646P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Water and Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2646WAG.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2646S.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Arlando Teller — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
- Andres Cano — cosponsor (person)
- Athena Salman — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Thorpe — cosponsor (person)
- Charlene R. Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Hernandez, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Domingo DeGrazia — cosponsor (person)
- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Jermaine — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Longdon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Pawlik — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John Allen — cosponsor (person)
- John Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Lorenzo Sierra — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Mitzi Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Myron Tsosie — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Friese — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Terán — cosponsor (person)
- Reginald Bolding, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Rosanna Gabaldón — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas "T.J." Shope, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Walter Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** dp `passage`
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-06** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** transmit to house
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-24** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **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/fddfaada-a398-48d7-9d0e-412584252334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).