---
type: "Bill"
title: "military; purple heart; VLT exemptions"
description: "military; purple heart; VLT exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2062"
citation: "Arizona HB 2062 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter \"Walt\" Blackman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e5d4624-40a6-4f08-badc-7e36caf16143"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76435?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "41d061ff4cc3060960e2a58a85d31d7f36dc514fb4383fd0d94629b933ee719d"
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 2062 (55th-2nd-regular) — military; purple heart; VLT exemptions

## 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/0150.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by TRANS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495676)
3. **HOUSE - Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2062transportation.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2062h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2062p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Finance - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/proposed/s.2062livingston.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walter "Walt" Blackman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2022-01-18** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-12** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-18** 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/6e5d4624-40a6-4f08-badc-7e36caf16143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).