---
type: "Bill"
title: "rulemaking; expedited process; rule expiration"
description: "rulemaking; expedited process; rule expiration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2265"
citation: "Arizona HB 2265 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EXPEDITED RULEMAKING", "GOVERNOR'S REGULATORY REVIEW COUNCIL (GRRC)", "GRRC (SEE: GOVERNOR'S REGULATORY REVIEW COUNCIL)", "RULE EXPIRATION", "RULEMAKING", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/993b2d0d-4aef-468b-a853-49f23fb33fed"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74723?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "c7c2452e94664e708761b8d98597e7bf70f036ee2d0dbab770e14ee9a75f1a0c"
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 2265 (55th-1st-regular) — rulemaking; expedited process; rule expiration

## 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/0183.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2265H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2265P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-31** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** 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/993b2d0d-4aef-468b-a853-49f23fb33fed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).