---
type: "Bill"
title: "writ of garnishment; certified mail"
description: "writ of garnishment; certified mail"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2230"
citation: "Arizona HB 2230 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "WRIT OF GARNISHMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2771540-a581-4fe9-b5d9-c4ed78949c3c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71303?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "1c6b19f56af8fd91f4073539681761a3609458d6507ebadd006e075f3ec28f49"
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 2230 (54th-1st-regular) — writ of garnishment; certified mail

## 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/0029.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2230JUDICIARY.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to Bill - Allen - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467409)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2230H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2230P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-01-31** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-07** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** transmit to house
- **2019-03-19** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/a2771540-a581-4fe9-b5d9-c4ed78949c3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).