republic-os/legislation/us/states/az/53rd-2nd-regular/hb-2656.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	electronic wills and trusts.	electronic wills and trusts.	us/states/az	Arizona Legislature	53rd-2nd-regular	HB 2656	Arizona HB 2656 (53rd-2nd-regular)	bill	ELECTRONIC WILLS TRUST TRUSTS ESTATES AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 14 WILLS	enacted	Vince Leach	3	9	2	2018-04-30	2018-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/48ca54cf-d1d3-427e-9786-f1a59e72c87f	https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70954?SessionId=119	fce9ce9d829a35bfaa8cba0108818fb1be899b171e13a8884ba4b6f83d17604d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-az

Arizona HB 2656 (53rd-2nd-regular) — electronic wills and trusts.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chaptered Version (committee substitute) — source
2. House Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed — 25–4 (pass) · upper
• Passed — 49–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vince Leach — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-30 house first reading. reading-1
• 2018-05-03 passed passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-03 transmit to senate
• 2018-05-01 house second reading reading-2
• 2018-05-03 passed passage, reading-3
• 2018-05-03 transmit to house
• 2018-05-03 senate first reading reading-1
• 2018-05-04 transmit to governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-16 signed by governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48ca54cf-d1d3-427e-9786-f1a59e72c87f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).