---
type: "Bill"
title: "human trafficking; civil action; liability"
description: "human trafficking; civil action; liability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2116"
citation: "Arizona HB 2116 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING", "LIABILITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shawnna Bolick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/367703b7-0393-4b2a-82e1-23169d629e7e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74505?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "1fbfd70e7c48a4ff3bede28cebb1df3ec294583fb38f68257e040abd519d7c81"
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 2116 (55th-1st-regular) — human trafficking; civil action; liability

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0076.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2116H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2116P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shawnna Bolick — primary (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-01-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** 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/367703b7-0393-4b2a-82e1-23169d629e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).