---
type: "Bill"
title: "occupational licenses; criminal offense; prohibition"
description: "occupational licenses; criminal offense; prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2308"
citation: "Arizona HB 2308 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Travis Grantham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9ba4887-f2cd-4c3b-9cd9-cacf8442af01"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80153?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "2017ef7ae2f5f2b417c7a980ac01ffddcd063196a46853cee13d18b0a4ba66ed"
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 2308 (56th-2nd-regular) — occupational licenses; criminal offense; prohibition

## 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/0091.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Regulatory Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2308regulatory affairs.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2308h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2308p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Finance and Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/s.2308fico.pdf)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2308s.pdf)

## Votes

- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **52–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Travis Grantham — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Analise Ortiz — cosponsor (person)
- David Marshall, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Gillette — cosponsor (person)
- Laurin Hendrix — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Carbone — cosponsor (person)
- Neal Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Sally Ann Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Selina Bliss — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** 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/d9ba4887-f2cd-4c3b-9cd9-cacf8442af01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).