---
type: "Bill"
title: "lasers; assault; peace officers; penalty"
description: "lasers; assault; peace officers; penalty"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2251"
citation: "Arizona HB 2251 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark W. Finchem"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4688c718-43c2-44e0-ad4f-1df3375a2488"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76709?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "af304e903ff31d533ad2cf843da5ac928017cf1b7cc09b0af6b2d3609ea929b3"
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 2251 (55th-2nd-regular) — lasers; assault; peace officers; penalty

## 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/0260.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2251h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2251p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Judiciary - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2251jud.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2251s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **35–23** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **32–27** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark W. Finchem — primary (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-03** DP `passage`
- **2022-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-06** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** Transmit to House
- **2022-05-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-26** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** 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/4688c718-43c2-44e0-ad4f-1df3375a2488`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).