---
type: "Bill"
title: "hospitals; visitation"
description: "hospitals; visitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2575"
citation: "Arizona HB 2575 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLERGY (S)", "EMERGENCY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE (S)", "HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS", "HOSPITALS", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "RELIGIOUS PURPOSES (S)", "VISITATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quang H. Nguyen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8637111c-0ad8-4569-9779-51fa0c084cbd"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75221?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "3a6d80719b894683e8ed4e616858160dd92f4052e0b09544558e95a4683cac81"
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 2575 (55th-1st-regular) — hospitals; visitation

## 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/0321.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2575HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to HHS - Nguyen - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485369)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2575H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2575P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2575HHS.DOCX.htm)
7. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) (sub HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2575MESNARD0434.docx.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2575S.htm)

## Votes

- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **46–13** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **48–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quang H. Nguyen — primary (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Joel John — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-29** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-29** PASSED `passage`
- **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/8637111c-0ad8-4569-9779-51fa0c084cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).