---
type: "Bill"
title: "expenditures; authority; water; wastewater"
description: "expenditures; authority; water; wastewater"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2037"
citation: "Arizona HB 2037 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Cook"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ae99d6-2208-4daa-8abf-db47d0d6e521"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76364?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "780a13c90d80ae74e7fd35a622ca9b31c2fb6a7e99c40d060feaf5179d5f3f9c"
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 2037 (55th-2nd-regular) — expenditures; authority; water; wastewater

## 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/2r/laws/0164.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - 2037NATURAL RESOURCES ENERGY WATER.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495743)
3. **HOUSE - Natural Resources, Energy & Water - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2037natural resources energy  water.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2037h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2037p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Kerr flr amend (ref NREW) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2037kerr0403.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Natural Resources, Energy and Water** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2037 nrew.pdf)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2037s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- David L. Cook — primary (person)
- Neal Carter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2022-01-24** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-18** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-18** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-22** 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/72ae99d6-2208-4daa-8abf-db47d0d6e521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).