---
type: "Bill"
title: "narcotic drugs; fentanyl; sentencing"
description: "narcotic drugs; fentanyl; sentencing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2245"
citation: "Arizona HB 2245 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quang H Nguyen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10f30822-5829-49bc-b730-c570dce47704"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80078?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "6c7a4f539594bedf6432c585d0bc4db913854e6444dc69b089f598c19a431a92"
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 2245 (56th-2nd-regular) — narcotic drugs; fentanyl; sentencing

## 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/0066.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Nguyen - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/515416)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/h.2245kolodin.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2245h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2245p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **47–10** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quang H Nguyen — primary (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- John Gillette — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Willoughby — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Selina Bliss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** DP `passage`
- **2024-03-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-28** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** 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/10f30822-5829-49bc-b730-c570dce47704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).