---
type: "Bill"
title: "liquor; policies; procedures"
description: "liquor; policies; procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2185"
citation: "Arizona HB 2185 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7752c14f-0d78-4922-844d-8f218fd0f2bb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79998?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "a0c4e936b18c4744989481ded170dc0582a9b5fd5dbf69da667918143d0f6dfa"
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 2185 (56th-2nd-regular) — liquor; policies; 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/2r/laws/0202.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2185commerce.pdf)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Gress - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/514641)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2185h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2185p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Fernandez flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518661)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2185s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **14–14** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **49–11** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **17–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-26** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-26** DP `passage`
- **2024-03-27** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** Transmit to House
- **2024-06-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-10** 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/7752c14f-0d78-4922-844d-8f218fd0f2bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).