---
type: "Bill"
title: "marijuana; security."
description: "marijuana; security."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1842"
citation: "Arizona SB 1842 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENTS", "DEFINITIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DHS)", "DHS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES)", "DISPENSARY", "EXCLUDED", "FELONIES (H)", "FELONY OFFENSE", "INDEPENDENT LABORATORY", "LABELING", "LICENSEES", "LICENSING (H)", "MARIJUANA", "NONPROFIT", "PACKAGING", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "QUALIFYING PATIENT", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT (H)", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT", "INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM (RFEIR)", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT; THREE-FOURTHS VOTE", "RFEIR (SEE: REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT", "INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM)", "RULEMAKING EXEMPTION", "SECURITY", "WASTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-06-10"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eec1ca7c-05d3-40cd-bb40-610dbb300d8f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76180?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "6f5bd28b268a877f68d6bafce2ce3037c9fb963913a7686c29840b76d1057953"
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 SB 1842 (55th-1st-regular) — marijuana; security.

## 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/0394.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1842P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1842S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **51–7** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- failed to pass — **40–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** Transmit to House
- **2021-06-25** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eec1ca7c-05d3-40cd-bb40-610dbb300d8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).