---
type: "Bill"
title: "native plants; fire prevention; exemption"
description: "native plants; fire prevention; exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2577"
citation: "Arizona HB 2577 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Griffin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de4f8957-31af-45ae-96c4-2b5e71c0a9c0"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82411?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "cdf0bf205b7acc1323a106c7e527e4b0a7f6a019b91c1ff55c8a1760a26298e9"
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 2577 (57th-1st-regular) — native plants; fire prevention; exemption

## 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/0084.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2577h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2577p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **56–4** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **25–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gail Griffin — primary (person)
- Chris Lopez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-02-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-02-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** DP `informal-passage`
- **2025-04-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Transmit to House
- **2025-04-16** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** 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/de4f8957-31af-45ae-96c4-2b5e71c0a9c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).