---
type: "Bill"
title: "health care workers; assault; prevention"
description: "health care workers; assault; prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2635"
citation: "Arizona HB 2635 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amish Shah"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6079de6-4aaa-4469-9272-aded9fb4e4e8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77467?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "4c086121d08f3319f2715a06a18dedfcaeb9cc63a716623e6e5a74a1ab8b3322"
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 2635 (55th-2nd-regular) — health care workers; assault; prevention

## 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/2r/laws/0297.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2635h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2635p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Health and Human Services - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2635hhs.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2635s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **56–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **48–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amish Shah — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Hernandez, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Lorenzo Sierra — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-13** 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/d6079de6-4aaa-4469-9272-aded9fb4e4e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).