---
type: "Bill"
title: "aggravated assault; ambush; police; classification"
description: "aggravated assault; ambush; police; classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2485"
citation: "Arizona HB 2485 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/255d3bc5-dc03-4e3c-9939-57751e1bb57b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78593?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "0ee04f0cd5e0d29003d4507333396c043f03296bca97c0581ea52f0f73c86dad"
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 2485 (56th-1st-regular) — aggravated assault; ambush; police; classification

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0096.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to MAPS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/505729)
3. **HOUSE - Military Affairs & Public Safety - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.2485military affairs  public safety.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2485h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2485p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-03-13** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Transmit to House
- **2023-04-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** 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/255d3bc5-dc03-4e3c-9939-57751e1bb57b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).