---
type: "Bill"
title: "fingerprinting; criminal history; records checks"
description: "fingerprinting; criminal history; records checks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2243"
citation: "Arizona HB 2243 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quang H Nguyen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84c416bb-16c7-431a-8d6d-ce95a54c67ef"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80076?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "bdd951198fd3d77e3e5af06859712dccfc9cdc9980ad47d73c29b5e778177ea7"
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 2243 (56th-2nd-regular) — fingerprinting; criminal history; records checks

## 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/2r/laws/0188.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2243h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2243p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Petersen flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519478)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2243s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **51–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quang H Nguyen — primary (person)
- Julie Willoughby — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Gress — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-26** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-01** Transmit to House
- **2024-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-17** 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/84c416bb-16c7-431a-8d6d-ce95a54c67ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).