---
type: "Bill"
title: "manslaughter; suicide assistance; violation"
description: "manslaughter; suicide assistance; violation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2459"
citation: "Arizona HB 2459 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSISTANCE", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "EMERGENCY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE (S)", "MANSLAUGHTER", "MINOR (S)", "SUICIDE", "SUICIDE ASSISTANCE (S)", "VIOLATION (S)", "VIOLATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Weninger"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844c883e-9fab-43fb-a3bc-ecd7c0c09e0a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75051?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "dc0c16e6a90a24c34663c535cd426b27955e85b6603a96e44591c08f60cf91fc"
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 2459 (55th-1st-regular) — manslaughter; suicide assistance; violation

## 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/0046.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by JUD - Pratt - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/483949)
3. **HOUSE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2459JUDICIARY.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2459H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2459P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Petersen flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2459PETERSEN0208.docx.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2459S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Weninger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-11** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-11** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-11** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** 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/844c883e-9fab-43fb-a3bc-ecd7c0c09e0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).