---
type: "Bill"
title: "prisoners; escape; classification"
description: "prisoners; escape; classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2790"
citation: "Arizona HB 2790 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLASSIFICATION", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "ESCAPE AND RELATED OFFENSES", "PRISONERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Cook"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb7b2845-fb3a-41b1-9043-42a49921640e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75983?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "fd6d18d4a65a5dbc12624b084ca3acfea2816eeaa2a0b11083f393a2a0d87581"
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 2790 (55th-1st-regular) — prisoners; escape; 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/55leg/1R/laws/0361.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Rodriguez - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/485617)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2790H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2790P.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **24–3** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L. Cook — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Bret M. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** DP `passage`
- **2021-05-05** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Transmit to House
- **2021-05-06** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** 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/eb7b2845-fb3a-41b1-9043-42a49921640e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).