---
type: "Bill"
title: "occupational regulation; good character; definition"
description: "occupational regulation; good character; definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2787"
citation: "Arizona HB 2787 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFORMING LEGISLATION", "CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS (S)", "DEFINITION (S)", "DEFINITIONS", "GENERAL PROVISIONS - TITLE 1", "GOOD CHARACTER", "MORAL TURPITUDE (S)", "OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy M. Burges"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b8e76fb-a2ca-40c4-8551-1d6a80d0142a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75980?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "c240f16ea95fc93c1440793a03735d54b57f0564f6700e9087b78b4b7d14c40f"
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 2787 (55th-1st-regular) — occupational regulation; good character; definition

## 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/0269.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2787COMMERCE.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to COM - Burges - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/486400)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2787H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2787P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2787COM.DOCX.htm)
7. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2787RULES.DOCX.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2787S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy M. Burges — primary (person)
- Aaron Lieberman — cosponsor (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
- Andrés Cano — cosponsor (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Bret M. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Pawlik — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Joel John — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Kelli Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Lorenzo Sierra — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Myron Tsosie — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Powers Hannley — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Friese — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Terán — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Reginald Bolding, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Stahl Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** 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/2b8e76fb-a2ca-40c4-8551-1d6a80d0142a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).