---
type: "Bill"
title: "missing; abducted; runaway children"
description: "missing; abducted; runaway children"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2479"
citation: "Arizona HB 2479 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Parker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8efafa5-0234-4bfb-a178-e5908a3e3850"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80356?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "7c6dbb83419f9304615605e865895574449ee341eb5616f7442744aebb3642f6"
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 2479 (56th-2nd-regular) — missing; abducted; runaway children

## 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/0146.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2479h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2479p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Farnsworth flr amend (ref Bill) (sub TTMC) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518297)
5. **SENATE - Transportation, Technology and Missing Children** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/s.2479ttmc.pdf)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2479s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **37–20** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **46–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Parker — primary (person)
- Alexander Kolodin — cosponsor (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- David Marshall, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Gillette — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Peña — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Selina Bliss — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Rogers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-21** DP `passage`
- **2024-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-04** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-10** 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/d8efafa5-0234-4bfb-a178-e5908a3e3850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).