---
type: "Bill"
title: "electronic records; state library"
description: "electronic records; state library"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2501"
citation: "Arizona HB 2501 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "STATE LIBRARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter Blackman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36bc3f9d-77f9-4d21-989f-8f112d16ae75"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71650?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "b096118d047b5e8b48d3fbfbb4adaa2669dd897befa3120fa3365620b9606333"
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 2501 (54th-1st-regular) — electronic records; state library

## 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/0275.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2501GOVERNMENT.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2501H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2501P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2501GOV.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2501S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walter Blackman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-05** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-18** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-07** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** transmit to house
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-24** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 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/36bc3f9d-77f9-4d21-989f-8f112d16ae75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).