---
type: "Bill"
title: "guardianship; minors; appointment; notice"
description: "guardianship; minors; appointment; notice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2079"
citation: "Arizona HB 2079 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Blackman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7fe583-657f-4d45-8194-02075be2b977"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81746?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "b4f352ebeeddd103a002ff6dbab407d43429121e6c5d06437c3188f7f781b863"
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 2079 (57th-1st-regular) — guardianship; minors; appointment; notice

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0079.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521704)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to GOV - Blackman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/524027)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2079h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2079p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **56–3** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walt Blackman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2025-01-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-12** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-03-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Transmit to House
- **2025-04-14** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** 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/8a7fe583-657f-4d45-8194-02075be2b977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).