---
type: "Bill"
title: "license to practice taxidermy; repeal"
description: "license to practice taxidermy; repeal"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2404"
citation: "Arizona HB 2404 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAME AND FISH - TITLE 17", "TAXIDERMISTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Mosley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb2a4b2e-6744-44ab-bbc3-aad9f7a127f6"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70206?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "10914d476d6a28584f46d3674066fd1a95c9e3817d67282fd089c0c22e9277cf"
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 2404 (53rd-2nd-regular) — license to practice taxidermy; repeal

## 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/0084.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2404H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2404P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **39–18** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Mosley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-16** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-21** transmit to house
- **2018-03-21** 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/fb2a4b2e-6744-44ab-bbc3-aad9f7a127f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).