---
type: "Bill"
title: "crime scene investigation interference; offense"
description: "crime scene investigation interference; offense"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2343"
citation: "Arizona HB 2343 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41c91494-f0a6-463f-97b0-39ef294a3136"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76799?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "0237626ff3d81d7c421a35079ec85fd528484259c8de98754d2df59fc6d99e12"
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 2343 (55th-2nd-regular) — crime scene investigation interference; offense

## 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/0262.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2343judiciary.pdf)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to JUD - Payne - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/494479)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2343h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2343p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2343jud.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2343s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **49–9** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **56–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** Transmit to House
- **2022-05-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-26** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** 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/41c91494-f0a6-463f-97b0-39ef294a3136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).