---
type: "Bill"
title: "group homes; random drug screening"
description: "group homes; random drug screening"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2480"
citation: "Arizona HB 2480 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Parker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98eed44d-336c-401a-bed5-b813db323557"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80359?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "8da8896631453f264148b08607c1a69786fb498134f713cb7471c6bd7fd17802"
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 2480 (56th-2nd-regular) — group homes; random drug screening

## 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/0096.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2480h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2480p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **39–16** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Parker — primary (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`
- **2024-02-05** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-20** DP `passage`
- **2024-02-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** DP `passage`
- **2024-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01** Transmit to House
- **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/98eed44d-336c-401a-bed5-b813db323557`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).