---
type: "Bill"
title: "criminal records sealed; petty offense"
description: "criminal records sealed; petty offense"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2198"
citation: "Arizona HB 2198 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Selina Bliss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cde68c-bfa6-485e-8287-a02a867bfc80"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83868?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "e52c39b2716f632acd08e31d2996f0a31bf9d48f4b55986e2c4f558428e8d4c2"
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 2198 (57th-2nd-regular) — criminal records sealed; petty offense

## 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/2r/laws/0086.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version (02/26/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2198h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2198p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Selina Bliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2026-01-13** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-03-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-01** Transmit to House
- **2026-06-04** 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/b6cde68c-bfa6-485e-8287-a02a867bfc80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).