---
type: "Bill"
title: "law enforcement video recordings; redactions"
description: "law enforcement video recordings; redactions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2081"
citation: "Arizona HB 2081 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39bbbb15-bc3c-405f-b10a-40b45a6f1cec"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76476?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "dc0bbad5eba57fcb60bff1b8a2423bfa2c600d12770e0f0a8a0059d8a983166c"
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 2081 (55th-2nd-regular) — law enforcement video recordings; redactions

## 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/2r/laws/0239.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kavanagh - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/494792)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2081h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2081p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Appropriations - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2081approp.pdf)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2081s.pdf)

## Votes

- failed to pass — **30–27** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **50–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-29** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** FAILED `failure`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-09** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-18** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-20** 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/39bbbb15-bc3c-405f-b10a-40b45a6f1cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).