---
type: "Bill"
title: "justice court; jurisdiction; crimes"
description: "justice court; jurisdiction; crimes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2230"
citation: "Arizona HB 2230 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EFFECTIVE DATE", "JURISDICTION", "JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS - TITLE 22"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66e8383c-b3d0-4f7f-aeeb-7e3f0e7108cc"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72856?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "423770441a210cec6c1918163ac7df9261f6562546069e361168f6cbeb57d6a5"
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 2230 (54th-2nd-regular) — justice court; jurisdiction; crimes

## 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/54leg/2R/laws/0016.htm)
2. **HOUSE - JUD - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/475995)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/adopted/H.2230JUDICIARY.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2230H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2230P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2020-01-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-16** Transmit to House
- **2020-03-16** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-23** 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/66e8383c-b3d0-4f7f-aeeb-7e3f0e7108cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).