---
type: "Bill"
title: "unauthorized racing meetings; penalties; racketeering"
description: "unauthorized racing meetings; penalties; racketeering"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2012"
citation: "Arizona HB 2012 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS - TITLE 5", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DOG RACING", "HORSE AND DOG RACING", "PENALTIES", "RACING", "RACKETEERING", "WAGERING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-17"
last_action: "2021-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a5fe15-9518-4066-b2a1-9f212057d53d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74293?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "13574dde4c85126c8316912e2c252f47f8f4de73dd9c2182473fa3023cc1eed7"
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 2012 (55th-1st-regular) — unauthorized racing meetings; penalties; racketeering

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0006.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2012H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2012P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **32–27** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **20–9** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-17** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-04** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-08** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-02-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-09** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-12** 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/d2a5fe15-9518-4066-b2a1-9f212057d53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).