---
type: "Bill"
title: "universities; water rights adjudication"
description: "universities; water rights adjudication"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2231"
citation: "Arizona HB 2231 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c47e95e4-e147-40fd-90e5-e42f80a2e1c0"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76686?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "0ae3bc6ad23960022507eda7980e03b77fd9d924ed416f03f6fb909ca21a2f2d"
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 2231 (55th-2nd-regular) — universities; water rights adjudication

## 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/0152.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Griffin - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/494473)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2231h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2231p.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** 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/c47e95e4-e147-40fd-90e5-e42f80a2e1c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).