---
type: "Bill"
title: "missing indigenous person; alert system"
description: "missing indigenous person; alert system"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2281"
citation: "Arizona HB 2281 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa Martinez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2de2a99-c7dc-4620-9839-74717ecb278b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82045?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "7ab3a99f3857093119ffbcdd22d70401b5a924e3e2f792d0bdf518997e42aba7"
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 2281 (57th-1st-regular) — missing indigenous person; alert system

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0199.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Martinez - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525153)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2281h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2281p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529433)
6. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref Senate Engrossed House Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529873)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2281s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Teresa Martinez — primary (person)
- Brian Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Mae Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- Myron Tsosie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2025-02-05** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-02-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-03-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-06** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Transmit to House
- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** 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/c2de2a99-c7dc-4620-9839-74717ecb278b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).