---
type: "Bill"
title: "mandatory sentences; children; trafficking; smuggling"
description: "mandatory sentences; children; trafficking; smuggling"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2696"
citation: "Arizona HB 2696 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leo Biasiucci"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/817840a1-9016-47c9-abcb-2f8ce82c5dbc"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77757?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "c114ad3c9a8ff49fc449e9f50c44ed855f55e2ecbb5f5c35735c732f7b978a8a"
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 2696 (55th-2nd-regular) — mandatory sentences; children; trafficking; smuggling

## 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/0197.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2696h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2696p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Borrelli flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2696floorborrelli.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2696s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **17–11** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **37–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leo Biasiucci — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Joel John — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Judy M. Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Neal Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** 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`
- **2022-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-20** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-28** 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/817840a1-9016-47c9-abcb-2f8ce82c5dbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).