---
type: "Bill"
title: "vacate conviction; sex trafficking; victims"
description: "vacate conviction; sex trafficking; victims"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2623"
citation: "Arizona HB 2623 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0da34d0d-b888-4833-912a-9b51a25e0e27"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80503?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "37cabc61ae21f32c9e0fc89d1604de8115afd06632f7cb063aa872d800997023"
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 2623 (56th-2nd-regular) — vacate conviction; sex trafficking; victims

## 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/56leg/2r/laws/0195.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2623h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2623p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Hernandez flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518623)
5. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/s.2623hernandez.pdf)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2623s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Gress — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-22** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** Transmit to House
- **2024-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** 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/0da34d0d-b888-4833-912a-9b51a25e0e27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).