---
type: "Bill"
title: "department of environmental quality; continuation"
description: "department of environmental quality; continuation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2053"
citation: "Arizona HB 2053 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc52849a-0bbf-42ff-a372-56e3b16d121d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76425?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "c229288adff72bce585f0e06627ae7d868939eaa13006dce44154a751aa01a96"
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 2053 (55th-2nd-regular) — department of environmental quality; continuation

## 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/2r/laws/0062.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2053h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2053p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **54–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2022-01-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-22** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** 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/bc52849a-0bbf-42ff-a372-56e3b16d121d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).