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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "false reporting; public alarm; classification"
+description: "false reporting; public alarm; classification"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "56th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2508"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2508 (56th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-17"
+last_action: "2024-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea97979-007e-4447-aa5c-2bd616ff927a"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80391?SessionId=128"
+source_hash: "bc2d849caf9e1d119c58044977c4e594f28ca0e778300eda55a125a912184408"
+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 2508 (56th-2nd-regular) — false reporting; public alarm; 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/2r/laws/0097.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to JUD - Gress - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/515874)
+3. **HOUSE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2508judiciary.pdf)
+4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2508h.pdf)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2508p.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **18–10** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **35–24** (pass) · lower
+- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matt Gress — primary (person)
+- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
+- Consuelo Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
+- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Willoughby — cosponsor (person)
+- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
+- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Carbone — cosponsor (person)
+- Michele Peña — cosponsor (person)
+- Selina Bliss — cosponsor (person)
+- Seth Blattman — cosponsor (person)
+- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy M Dunn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-31** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Transmit to Senate
+- **2024-03-04** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-05** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-14** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-28** DP `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-01** Transmit to House
+- **2024-04-02** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-08** 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/0ea97979-007e-4447-aa5c-2bd616ff927a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+