---
type: "Bill"
title: "medical marijuana; testing"
description: "medical marijuana; testing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2605"
citation: "Arizona HB 2605 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVISORY COUNCIL", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DHS)", "DHS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES) (S)", "EMERGENCY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE (S)", "MARIJUANA", "MEDICAL MARIJUANA", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT", "INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM (RFEIR) (S)", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT; THREE-FOURTHS VOTE", "RFEIR (SEE: REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT", "INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM)", "RULEMAKING EXEMPTION", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "TESTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall Friese"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/970d3b86-7373-4725-b65e-ab849ccbc1f6"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75286?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "d8b4c809f62e30314b974d4534ae57852c559bce8846525a610f60389debe959"
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 2605 (55th-1st-regular) — medical marijuana; testing

## 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/0439.htm)
2. **Conference Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2605C.htm)
3. **HOUSE - Amended by HHS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485491)
4. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2605HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2605H.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2605P.htm)
7. **SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2605FloorBARTO.docx.htm)
8. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2605HHS.DOCX.htm)
9. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2605S.htm)

## Votes

- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randall Friese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Transmit to House
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-10** 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/970d3b86-7373-4725-b65e-ab849ccbc1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).