---
type: "Bill"
title: "appointment; ombudsman-citizens aide."
description: "appointment; ombudsman-citizens aide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2536"
citation: "Arizona HB 2536 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "OMBUDSMAN-CITIZENS AIDE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John M. Allen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdf2b381-a531-4d38-b312-d72cc9181d2f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69564?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "221f1611a53b28c7de63f2e79078052b9acc62091a3a5c1cea320aa918bc8876"
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 2536 (53rd-1st-regular) — appointment; ombudsman-citizens aide.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0049.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2536H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2536P.htm)

## Sponsors

- John M. Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-08** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-03-16** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-16** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-09** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** transmit to house
- **2017-03-22** 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/cdf2b381-a531-4d38-b312-d72cc9181d2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).