---
type: "Bill"
title: "emergency; military affairs; national guard"
description: "emergency; military affairs; national guard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2223"
citation: "Arizona HB 2223 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter \"Walt\" Blackman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76f9172e-5e8b-4b48-be48-48a078f54946"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76659?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "94c4edfd79bff60519178e182932e9ad24dd4a31f313cc903f047b59cd8a1fce"
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 2223 (55th-2nd-regular) — emergency; military affairs; national guard

## 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/0151.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2223h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2223p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **52–7** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walter "Walt" Blackman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-29** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-11** DP `passage`
- **2022-04-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18** 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/76f9172e-5e8b-4b48-be48-48a078f54946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).