---
type: "Bill"
title: "confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; harassment"
description: "confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; harassment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2020"
citation: "Arizona HB 2020 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "SEXUAL ASSAULT", "SEXUAL HARASSMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maria Syms"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-11-30"
last_action: "2018-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdfcbe18-8bf7-4d9c-a673-216944d24424"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69633?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "213623754e9b048b564ee36607d973906cb5c4a0f97ebf3c432908a46ad6a521"
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 2020 (53rd-2nd-regular) — confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; harassment

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0264.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2020H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2020P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2020S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maria Syms — primary (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Norgaard — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Noel W. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Russell Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas R. Shope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-12** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-18** passed `passage`
- **2018-01-09** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-11-30** prefiled. `filing`
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-16** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-12** transmit to house
- **2018-04-19** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdfcbe18-8bf7-4d9c-a673-216944d24424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).