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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "mandatory sentences; children; trafficking; smuggling"
+description: "mandatory sentences; children; trafficking; smuggling"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2696"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2696 (55th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leo Biasiucci"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-02-08"
+last_action: "2022-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/817840a1-9016-47c9-abcb-2f8ce82c5dbc"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77757?SessionId=125"
+source_hash: "c114ad3c9a8ff49fc449e9f50c44ed855f55e2ecbb5f5c35735c732f7b978a8a"
+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 2696 (55th-2nd-regular) — mandatory sentences; children; trafficking; smuggling
+
+## 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/55leg/2r/laws/0197.pdf)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2696h.pdf)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2696p.pdf)
+4. **SENATE - Borrelli flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2696floorborrelli.pdf)
+5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2696s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **17–11** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **55–4** (pass) · lower
+- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **37–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leo Biasiucci — primary (person)
+- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
+- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
+- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
+- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Jake Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
+- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
+- Joel John — cosponsor (person)
+- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
+- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
+- Judy M. Burges — cosponsor (person)
+- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
+- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
+- Neal Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Quang H Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
+- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
+- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Dunn — cosponsor (person)
+- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
+- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-08** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-09** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-16** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-21** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2022-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-24** Transmit to Senate
+- **2022-02-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2022-04-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-04-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-04-20** Transmit to House
+- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
+- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
+- **2022-04-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-28** 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/817840a1-9016-47c9-abcb-2f8ce82c5dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+