---
type: "Bill"
title: "emotional abuse; vulnerable adults"
description: "emotional abuse; vulnerable adults"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2397"
citation: "Arizona HB 2397 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Dunn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c35676e-5180-4380-bc1d-d9fe033d347b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76873?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "ed26fc246ebf43550a6294467b782a606c9ebf76de176f7b628e28d1a16be33f"
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 2397 (55th-2nd-regular) — emotional abuse; vulnerable adults

## 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/0379.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2397h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2397p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **49–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tim Dunn — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **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`
- **2022-03-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to House
- **2022-07-06** 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/1c35676e-5180-4380-bc1d-d9fe033d347b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).