---
type: "Bill"
title: "computer data centers; tax incentives"
description: "computer data centers; tax incentives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2649"
citation: "Arizona HB 2649 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTER DATA CENTERS", "CONDITIONAL ENACTMENT", "DATA CENTER EQUIPMENT (S)", "LEGISLATIVE INTENT", "NONSEVERABILITY", "REFUNDS (S)", "RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES (S)", "RETROACTIVITY", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "TAX INCENTIVES", "TAXATION - TITLE 42", "TAXATION OF INCOME - TITLE 43", "TAXPAYER (S)", "TPT (SEE: TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX)", "TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX (TPT)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Toma"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cad1f67e-d333-4985-aa3b-494c324de4da"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75304?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "e0b5843f9f7b4868eac1e9bb5be5a983d84e7a0c9147dabfecdf29c8b41cc25d"
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 2649 (55th-1st-regular) — computer data centers; tax incentives

## 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/0266.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by WM - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485595)
3. **HOUSE - Ways & Means** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2649WAYS  MEANS.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2649H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2649P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Finance** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2649FIN.DOCX.htm)
7. **SENATE - Livingston flr amend (ref FIN) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2649FloorLIVINGSTON.docx.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2649S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **41–17** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **46–13** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **22–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Toma — primary (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Dunn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** 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`
- **2021-03-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** 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/cad1f67e-d333-4985-aa3b-494c324de4da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).