---
type: "Bill"
title: "undesignated offenses; misdemeanor status; exceptions"
description: "undesignated offenses; misdemeanor status; exceptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2162"
citation: "Arizona HB 2162 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPLICABILITY (S)", "CLASS 6 FELONY", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "EFFECTIVE DATE (S)", "EXCEPTIONS", "FELONIES", "MISDEMEANOR (S)", "MISDEMEANOR STATUS", "SENTENCING", "UNDESIGNATED FELONIES (S)", "UNDESIGNATED OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter \"Walt\" Blackman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c35a5c34-9ab2-480b-9961-4c795777afff"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74586?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "ffe1701a577f27d6ee1719d6ec8afc4caddf1f9eba0e3765e9962fdee67c4be2"
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 2162 (55th-1st-regular) — undesignated offenses; misdemeanor status; exceptions

## 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/0192.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by CJR - Blackman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/482794)
3. **HOUSE - Criminal Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2162CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2162H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2162P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2162JUD.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2162S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walter "Walt" Blackman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-20** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-06** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-06** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** 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/c35a5c34-9ab2-480b-9961-4c795777afff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).