---
type: "Bill"
title: "milk manufacturing license; exemption"
description: "milk manufacturing license; exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2178"
citation: "Arizona HB 2178 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EXEMPTIONS", "MILK MANUFACTURING", "MILK PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Weninger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a613e86-f526-419d-8f25-85a814f1c9de"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71278?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "9a5464e868fc530a11ea93301b7c0603dd7047bb7846b2ac6660bef600233664"
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 2178 (54th-1st-regular) — milk manufacturing license; 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/54leg/1R/laws/0044.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Land & Agriculture** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2178LAND  AGRICULTURE.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to LAG - Dunn - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467930)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2178H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2178P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Weninger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-31** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** dp `passage`
- **2019-03-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** transmit to house
- **2019-03-26** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** 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/6a613e86-f526-419d-8f25-85a814f1c9de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).