---
type: "Bill"
title: "false reporting; public alarm; classification"
description: "false reporting; public alarm; classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2508"
citation: "Arizona HB 2508 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ea97979-007e-4447-aa5c-2bd616ff927a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80391?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "bc2d849caf9e1d119c58044977c4e594f28ca0e778300eda55a125a912184408"
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 2508 (56th-2nd-regular) — false reporting; public alarm; 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/2r/laws/0097.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to JUD - Gress - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/515874)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2508judiciary.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2508h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2508p.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **35–24** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Gress — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
- Consuelo Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Willoughby — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Carbone — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Peña — cosponsor (person)
- Selina Bliss — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Blattman — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M Dunn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-04** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28** DP `passage`
- **2024-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-02** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** 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/0ea97979-007e-4447-aa5c-2bd616ff927a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).