---
type: "Bill"
title: "distilleries; licensing; environmental exemption"
description: "distilleries; licensing; environmental exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2753"
citation: "Arizona HB 2753 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - TITLE 4", "DISTILLERIES", "ENVIRONMENTAL EXEMPTION", "FEDERAL LAW (S)", "FOOD SAFETY", "LICENSING", "LIQUOR", "LIQUOR LICENSEES (S)", "PREEMPTION (S)", "PROPRIETARY INFORMATION (S)", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alma Hernandez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ebb195f-8f1e-4940-ac21-22925f3d8bfa"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75621?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "b8b083edc817e64b77f6765cb91129417bfc934e30313f0bfbe28e1d628ac724"
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 2753 (55th-1st-regular) — distilleries; licensing; environmental exemption

## 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/0441.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2753COMMERCE.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to COM - Hernandez A - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/487353)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2753H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2753P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2753APPROP.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2753S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **20–8** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **48–10** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **55–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alma Hernandez — primary (person)
- Daniel Hernandez, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — 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`
- **2021-02-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-23** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Transmit to House
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-10** 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/2ebb195f-8f1e-4940-ac21-22925f3d8bfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).