---
type: "Bill"
title: "sexual offenses; children; sentencing"
description: "sexual offenses; children; sentencing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2889"
citation: "Arizona HB 2889 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING (S)", "CHILDREN", "COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION (S)", "CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN (S)", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DANGEROUS CRIMES (S)", "DEFINITIONS (S)", "NATURAL LIFE SENTENCE (S)", "PRISONS AND PRISONERS - TITLE 31", "SENTENCES (S)", "SENTENCING", "SEX TRAFFICKING", "SEXUAL OFFENSES", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT (S)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leo Biasiucci"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-15"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a42f37a-6c71-4397-b1c4-dc634d941071"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76091?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "a6e81aa70de11c073d677bb1cced191e28d899f43b33985e423abe4b34222c4c"
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 2889 (55th-1st-regular) — sexual offenses; children; sentencing

## 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/0202.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Biasiucci - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/486027)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2889H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2889P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2889JUD.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2889S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–1** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **51–1** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leo Biasiucci — primary (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Joel John — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-15** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-07** 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/8a42f37a-6c71-4397-b1c4-dc634d941071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).