---
type: "Bill"
title: "hunting; fishing; license; deferred prosecution"
description: "hunting; fishing; license; deferred prosecution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2603"
citation: "Arizona HB 2603 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quang H Nguyen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf35933e-146b-471f-b2f0-9bb700cc59dd"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82428?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "5facee625b5378e1e11223a2f0b12f7167ab38cce3e555acc1521421e4181184"
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 2603 (57th-1st-regular) — hunting; fishing; license; deferred prosecution

## 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/0054.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - 2603LAND AGRICULTURE RURAL AFFAIRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523914)
3. **HOUSE - Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523778)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2603h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2603p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527392)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2603s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **48–10** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **52–8** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quang H Nguyen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-03-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Transmit to House
- **2025-04-10** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-10** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14** 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/bf35933e-146b-471f-b2f0-9bb700cc59dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).