---
type: "Bill"
title: "election equipment; access; locks"
description: "election equipment; access; locks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2359"
citation: "Arizona HB 2359 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCESS", "CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS", "ELECTION EQUIPMENT", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "LOCKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b01316ec-18d2-4009-b7df-926e3f752771"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74886?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "bebdc29470291f91d983925c646f90e7e07c3a7ab82089d162a3a95abdde3f1a"
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 2359 (55th-1st-regular) — election equipment; access; locks

## 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/0293.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kavanagh - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/486032)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2359H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2359P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2359GOV.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2359S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **52–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (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`
- **2021-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** 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/b01316ec-18d2-4009-b7df-926e3f752771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).