---
type: "Bill"
title: "law enforcement merit system; continuation"
description: "law enforcement merit system; continuation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2479"
citation: "Arizona HB 2479 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89533fe8-2917-40be-91c5-70c84e676c3d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78617?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "cff4e50f71ba43ed2e1fca0dd518e1292a8ebac227882dd6571da4ba6c3aecdb"
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 2479 (56th-1st-regular) — law enforcement merit system; continuation

## 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/0092.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2479h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2479p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **22–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-04-12** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Transmit to House
- **2023-04-13** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-18** 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/89533fe8-2917-40be-91c5-70c84e676c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).