---
type: "Bill"
title: "county officials; practice of law"
description: "county officials; practice of law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2763"
citation: "Arizona HB 2763 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES - TITLE 11", "COUNTY OFFICIALS", "PRACTICE OF LAW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8735968d-b106-4883-9006-2f6f9ced2c85"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75713?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "4634a4fae2fc22c019849e47813f06cf3a04dc768b57d062cf193d0c50a6b2bc"
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 2763 (55th-1st-regular) — county officials; practice of law

## 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/0369.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by MAPS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/486399)
3. **HOUSE - Military Affairs & Public Safety** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2763MILITARY AFFAIRS  PUBLIC SAFETY.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2763H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2763P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- failed to pass — **13–14** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Transmit to House
- **2021-05-13** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** 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/8735968d-b106-4883-9006-2f6f9ced2c85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).