---
type: "Bill"
title: "small estate; affidavit; limits"
description: "small estate; affidavit; limits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2116"
citation: "Arizona HB 2116 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neal Carter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2505af67-c831-42e5-81d4-a6932e3f64eb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81810?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "474a408e73b71d760ff0d4f60dacac487f18c0e3d9f8220c06e446a1203d7e0b"
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 2116 (57th-1st-regular) — small estate; affidavit; limits

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0024.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - 2116COMMERCE.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523995)
3. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523692)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2116h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2116p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **53–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neal Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2025-01-28** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-02-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-26** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** 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/2505af67-c831-42e5-81d4-a6932e3f64eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).