---
type: "Bill"
title: "conformity; internal revenue code; exception"
description: "conformity; internal revenue code; exception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2879"
citation: "Arizona HB 2879 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULINGS (S)", "ANNOUNCEMENTS (S)", "CONFIDENTIALITY (S)", "CONFORMITY", "DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (DOR) (S)", "DOR (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) (S)", "EXCEPTIONS", "GROSS INCOME", "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE", "NOTICES (S)", "PROCEDURES (S)", "PUBLIC COMMENT (S)", "RECORDS (S)", "RETROACTIVITY", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT (S)", "TAXATION - TITLE 42", "TAXATION OF INCOME - TITLE 43"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Toma"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bde5219-576e-4e1e-8ec3-267a2f6a886a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76081?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "68b190de67fa405941eef32c66f42030c8d6c04dddfb9512c42398503d6ac5a9"
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 2879 (55th-1st-regular) — conformity; internal revenue code; 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/0342.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2879H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2879P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Finance - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2879FIN.DOCX.htm)
5. **SENATE - Livingston flr amend (ref FIN) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2879LIVINGSTON1022.docx.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2879S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **44–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Toma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **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`
- **2021-03-24** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** 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/5bde5219-576e-4e1e-8ec3-267a2f6a886a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).