---
type: "Bill"
title: "mask mandates; business exception"
description: "mask mandates; business exception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2770"
citation: "Arizona HB 2770 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESSES", "MASK MANDATES", "TRADE AND COMMERCE - TITLE 44"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Chaplik"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04d752c1-436b-4800-8959-faacf0262881"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75825?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "857f1807e1c20f982bd323f63dc3ffbfcbec50f75f4656b0764771ce1f462a44"
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 2770 (55th-1st-regular) — mask mandates; business exception

## 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/0201.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2770H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2770P.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph Chaplik — primary (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Judy M. Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Dunn — 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`
- **2021-02-16** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-03** DP `passage`
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-04** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-05** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** 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/04d752c1-436b-4800-8959-faacf0262881`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).