---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS; licensure; group homes"
description: "DHS; licensure; group homes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2166"
citation: "Arizona HB 2166 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy M Dunn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/013f3281-37c8-4b48-b656-d518e6f76c6c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78263?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "62d5f7216a1f30295f553f8f66e227a193578642570149b32c3095a39010ec6f"
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 2166 (56th-1st-regular) — DHS; licensure; group homes

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0094.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/505218)
3. **HOUSE - Regulatory Affairs - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/proposed/h.2166hendrix.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2166h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2166p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **50–10** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timothy M Dunn — primary (person)
- Brian Fernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-03-06** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Transmit to House
- **2023-04-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** 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/013f3281-37c8-4b48-b656-d518e6f76c6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).