---
type: "Bill"
title: "sentencing; repetitive offenders"
description: "sentencing; repetitive offenders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2318"
citation: "Arizona HB 2318 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPLICABILITY", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "REPEAT OFFENDERS", "SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Toma"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b6e6848-6f77-4f06-b377-b6be923e7560"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74802?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "fd4ac617c3334eb6754d61b34cb14ebeffe760c77b092678f88bf437e2abf403"
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 2318 (55th-1st-regular) — sentencing; repetitive offenders

## 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/0107.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2318H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2318P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Toma — primary (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** 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/1b6e6848-6f77-4f06-b377-b6be923e7560`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).