Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB2118: mobile food vendors; licensure
Status: Vetoed, June 19, 2026
HB2118 - mobile food vendors; licensure
What the bill says
An act Amending sections 9-485.01 and 36-1761, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to mobile food vendors.
From the engrossed text, April 14, 2026:
AN ACT Amending sections 9-485.01 and 36-1761, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to mobile food vendors. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 9-485.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to mobile food units; operation A. In relation to a mobile food vendor or mobile food unit, a city or town by ordinance or resolution may: 1. Prohibit or restrict a mobile food vendor from operating at a public airport or public transit facility, in an area zoned for residential use or within two hundred fifty feet of an area zoned for residential use. 2. Continue to enact and enforce regulations and zoning codes on mobile food units or mobile food vendors that are not otherwise prohibited by law. B. In relation to a mobile food vendor or mobile food unit, a city or town may not: 1. Require a mobile food vendor, property owner or lessee of a property to apply for and receive any special permit that is not required for other temporary or mobile vending businesses in the same zoning district. 2. Require a mobile food vendor or mobile food unit to operate a specific distance from the perimeter of an existing commercial establishment or restaurant, except as required by applicable building, fire, street and …
Sponsors
- Neal Carter (R, HD-015) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Governor Vetoed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : Senate third reading passed (17 votes)
- : Transmitted to House
- : Passed
- : Senate Committee of the Whole
- : do pass amended
- : Senate read second time
- : Senate read first time
Votes
- FINAL Passed (June 9, 2026): 31 yea, 24 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (April 20, 2026): 17 yea, 12 nay, passed
- GOV DPA (March 25, 2026): 4 yea, 2 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (February 24, 2026): 32 yea, 24 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (February 9, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- COM DPA (February 3, 2026): 7 yea, 4 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2118?
- HB2118 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): mobile food vendors; licensure.
- What does HB2118 do?
- In its own words: An act Amending sections 9-485.01 and 36-1761, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to mobile food vendors.
- What is the status of HB2118?
- Vetoed as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Governor Vetoed (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2118?
- Neal Carter (R, HD-015).
- Where is the official record for HB2118?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83748/?SessionId=130
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