---
type: "Bill"
title: "forest products; processing; tax credit."
description: "forest products; processing; tax credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2247"
citation: "Arizona HB 2247 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCESS (S)", "BOARD MEMBER (S)", "CHILD SAFETY (S)", "CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8 (S)", "DATA (S)", "DCS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY) (S)", "DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY (DCS) (S)", "FOREST PRODUCTS", "FOSTER CARE REVIEW BOARD (S)", "PROCESSING", "PURPOSE", "RECORDS (S)", "REVIEW BOARDS (S)", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41 (S)", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT (S)", "TAX CREDITS", "TAXATION OF INCOME - TITLE 43"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fa3a99e-4cb0-4315-9a6a-56be504f0d09"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74679?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "2962959fa1b74ca2dbd4a222d5673a36212c92b0b74007d91f66923cd0a5d8bd"
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 2247 (55th-1st-regular) — forest products; processing; tax credit.

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0291.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Griffin - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485330)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2247H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2247P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2247FloorBARTO.docx.htm)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2247HHS.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2247S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **42–18** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-24** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** 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/6fa3a99e-4cb0-4315-9a6a-56be504f0d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).