---
type: "Bill"
title: "recall petitions and elections; revisions"
description: "recall petitions and elections; revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2308"
citation: "Arizona HB 2308 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BALLOTS", "ELECTIONS", "FORM", "INITIATIVE", "REFERENDUM AND RECALL - TITLE 19", "RECALL", "REVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/803ae865-f8ce-4ba7-b959-a315265e90e0"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74787?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "420d520bf243f18464588a0d5c726650ea1b136316f63e6968f964d1a180cbd3"
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 2308 (55th-1st-regular) — recall petitions and elections; revisions

## 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/0319.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Government & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2308GOVERNMENT  ELECTIONS.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2308H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2308P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-29** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-05** 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/803ae865-f8ce-4ba7-b959-a315265e90e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).