---
type: "Bill"
title: "spousal maintenance; significant contribution; reduction"
description: "spousal maintenance; significant contribution; reduction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2031"
citation: "Arizona HB 2031 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARITAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS - TITLE 25", "SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Lawrence"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-12-14"
last_action: "2018-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e27ad12-c493-4e12-bb9c-c3028c20c4f9"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69671?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "a0443bd45a563f546e183e34d9e9ff2b137dcac5170fb7b40e09a011ae673ca9"
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 2031 (53rd-2nd-regular) — spousal maintenance; significant contribution; reduction

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0132.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2031H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2031P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Lawrence — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-09** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-12-14** prefiled. `filing`
- **2018-02-15** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-05** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-08** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-03** transmit to house
- **2018-04-03** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e27ad12-c493-4e12-bb9c-c3028c20c4f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).