---
type: "Bill"
title: "government assistance; point of contact"
description: "government assistance; point of contact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2696"
citation: "Arizona HB 2696 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE", "GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS", "POINT OF CONTACT", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Kaiser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e39f488-1c6e-4fd0-a274-6faabcab2135"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75408?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "7e9346bd3165c2caab7b0ff6f98bb28f7b41b6a10186007a348c1260449ed8f0"
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 2696 (55th-1st-regular) — government assistance; point of contact

## 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/0224.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2696H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2696P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Kaiser — primary (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-23** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-08** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** 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/1e39f488-1c6e-4fd0-a274-6faabcab2135`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).