---
type: "Bill"
title: "failure; appear; surety; notice; rules"
description: "failure; appear; surety; notice; rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2831"
citation: "Arizona HB 2831 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL", "BOND", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "EFFECTIVE DATE", "FAILURE", "FAILURE TO APPEAR (S)", "NOTICE", "RULES", "SURETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f793f5a-829b-4282-a3c3-52e0bdd5e1f6"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76028?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "968a44a245bdf58d4c35400556e24a710c3943ba6fe273d6de279b5b3c06b022"
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 2831 (55th-1st-regular) — failure; appear; surety; notice; rules

## 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/1R/laws/0370.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kavanagh - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/486401)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2831H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2831P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2831JUD.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2831S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** 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/7f793f5a-829b-4282-a3c3-52e0bdd5e1f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).