---
type: "Bill"
title: "mask mandates; minors; parental consent"
description: "mask mandates; minors; parental consent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2616"
citation: "Arizona HB 2616 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Chaplik"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82a4832a-173c-48e9-91ad-38ea227d60e6"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77329?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "e28bf4f9f829fcb866878c78aabf7e45ba84bf5c1d6a307d39b2c229877753e5"
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 2616 (55th-2nd-regular) — mask mandates; minors; parental consent

## 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/0184.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by GE - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/494746)
3. **HOUSE - Government & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2616government  elections.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2616h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2616p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph Chaplik — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Judy M. Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Neal Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-18** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-19** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** 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/82a4832a-173c-48e9-91ad-38ea227d60e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).