---
type: "Bill"
title: "missing children; mandatory reporting"
description: "missing children; mandatory reporting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2098"
citation: "Arizona HB 2098 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8 (S)", "FOSTER CARE (S)", "KIDNAPPED CHILDREN (S)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT (S)", "MANDATORY REPORTING", "MISSING CHILDREN", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - TITLE 38", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "REPORTING (S)", "RUNAWAY CHILDREN (S)", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT (S)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Jermaine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1abba967-7753-401e-9490-c7c30beb2289"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74486?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "47e08efd9fd929d6ab816d85aac8856e68aa8e4698425cbde88e0dc81563991e"
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 2098 (55th-1st-regular) — missing children; mandatory reporting

## 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/1R/laws/0364.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2098H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2098P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Engel flr amend (ref JUD) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2098FloorENGEL.docx.htm)
5. **SENATE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2098JUD.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2098S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **54–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Jermaine — primary (person)
- Aaron Lieberman — cosponsor (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
- Arlando S. Teller — cosponsor (person)
- Athena Salman — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Hernandez, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Domingo DeGrazia — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Pawlik — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Schwiebert — cosponsor (person)
- Kelli Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Kirsten Engel — cosponsor (person)
- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Lorenzo Sierra — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Mitzi Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Myron Tsosie — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Friese — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Terán — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Reginald Bolding, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Rosanna Gabaldon — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Sally Ann Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Stahl Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-23** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** 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/1abba967-7753-401e-9490-c7c30beb2289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).