---
type: "Bill"
title: "building permits; utilities; restrictions; prohibitions"
description: "building permits; utilities; restrictions; prohibitions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2686"
citation: "Arizona HB 2686 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDING PERMITS", "CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "MUNICIPALITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell \"Rusty\" Bowers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46e1f95f-e5b9-437b-86cf-942b6b29adc4"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73413?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "4d0f1ca56191ce4d53abbd592e9be1e888fe0484ff179bbe44acdfc858d4a1d9"
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 2686 (54th-2nd-regular) — building permits; utilities; restrictions; prohibitions

## 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/2R/laws/0003.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Bowers - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/475840)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2686H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2686P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **19–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **36–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2020-02-12** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-12** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-02-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2020-02-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Transmit to House
- **2020-02-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-21** 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/46e1f95f-e5b9-437b-86cf-942b6b29adc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).