---
type: "Bill"
title: "use of force; reports; analysis"
description: "use of force; reports; analysis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2168"
citation: "Arizona HB 2168 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANALYSIS (S)", "DATA COLLECTION (S)", "DEFINITIONS (S)", "EFFECTIVE DATE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (S)", "NATIONAL USE-OF-FORCE DATA COLLECTION (S)", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - TITLE 38", "PUBLIC RECORDS (S)", "REPORT", "REPORTS (S)", "RULES (S)", "SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY (S)", "USE OF FORCE", "USE-OF-FORCE INCIDENT (S)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter \"Walt\" Blackman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9299c52b-430a-4636-b3d1-43096281cd2f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74592?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "52f082493d86972ed366bcf83f448f9d37fc05b9ba1dd350461fcfb1a22745ff"
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 2168 (55th-1st-regular) — use of force; reports; analysis

## 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/0290.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Criminal Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2168CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2168H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2168P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2168APPROP.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2168S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **50–10** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **35–25** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walter "Walt" Blackman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** 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/9299c52b-430a-4636-b3d1-43096281cd2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).