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legislation/us/states/az/56th-1st-regular/hb-2485.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "aggravated assault; ambush; police; classification"
+description: "aggravated assault; ambush; police; classification"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "56th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2485"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2485 (56th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-19"
+last_action: "2023-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/255d3bc5-dc03-4e3c-9939-57751e1bb57b"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78593?SessionId=127"
+source_hash: "0ee04f0cd5e0d29003d4507333396c043f03296bca97c0581ea52f0f73c86dad"
+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 2485 (56th-1st-regular) — aggravated assault; ambush; police; classification
+
+## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0096.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to MAPS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/505729)
+3. **HOUSE - Military Affairs & Public Safety - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.2485military affairs  public safety.pdf)
+4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2485h.pdf)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2485p.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **23–4** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kevin Payne — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-19** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-23** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** Transmit to Senate
+- **2023-03-13** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-23** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13** Transmit to House
+- **2023-04-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-28** 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/255d3bc5-dc03-4e3c-9939-57751e1bb57b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
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