---
type: "Bill"
title: "eviction dismissal; sealed records"
description: "eviction dismissal; sealed records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2485"
citation: "Arizona HB 2485 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin Wilmeth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/686ca953-e3d7-4faf-b20d-a2ffa434d6d9"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76991?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "ade46ddf8ec3e795455e340f1baa8bd006c61d327bebd3256b4711c8302ded75"
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 2485 (55th-2nd-regular) — eviction dismissal; sealed records

## 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/0286.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by COM - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495294)
3. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2485commerce.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2485h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2485p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **50–8** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justin Wilmeth — primary (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (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`
- **2022-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-29** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-06** DP `passage`
- **2022-06-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-01** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-06** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-08** 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/686ca953-e3d7-4faf-b20d-a2ffa434d6d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).