---
type: "Bill"
title: "liquor; licensing; processes; procedures"
description: "liquor; licensing; processes; procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2223"
citation: "Arizona HB 2223 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254f88d2-4c6c-471b-b10b-7d97234a9d0a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78324?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "14809d9f97eaea86af0680306f4bf27b164ef7a440abc567ae3c6b2af06b4f60"
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 (56th-1st-regular) — liquor; licensing; processes; procedures

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0025.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.2223commerce.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2223h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2223p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Gress — primary (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-02-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Transmit to House
- **2023-04-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** 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/254f88d2-4c6c-471b-b10b-7d97234a9d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).