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legislation/us/states/az/56th-2nd-regular/hb-2623.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "vacate conviction; sex trafficking; victims"
+description: "vacate conviction; sex trafficking; victims"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "56th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2623"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2623 (56th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-16"
+last_action: "2024-05-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0da34d0d-b888-4833-912a-9b51a25e0e27"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80503?SessionId=128"
+source_hash: "37cabc61ae21f32c9e0fc89d1604de8115afd06632f7cb063aa872d800997023"
+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 2623 (56th-2nd-regular) — vacate conviction; sex trafficking; victims
+
+## 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/0195.pdf)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2623h.pdf)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2623p.pdf)
+4. **SENATE - Hernandez flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518623)
+5. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/s.2623hernandez.pdf)
+6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2623s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matt Gress — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-17** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-07** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-12** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2024-02-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-20** Transmit to Senate
+- **2024-02-22** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-26** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-14** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-04-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-10** Transmit to House
+- **2024-05-15** PASSED `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** PASSED `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-21** 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/0da34d0d-b888-4833-912a-9b51a25e0e27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+