HB 2702 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

continuation; ACJC

HB 2702 terminates Arizona's Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) on December 31, 2025, and repeals its statutory authority on July 1, 2026. The bill states that the ACJC engaged in activities like lobbying for surveillance data collection on law-abiding citizens and targeting concealed carry permit holders, which the legislature deemed harmful to civil liberties and a misuse of taxpayer funds. It also cites the commission's creation of a disinformation task force as part of a censorship apparatus. This legislation, which passed the House and is under Senate consideration, ends the ACJC's operations and requires legislative changes to state law for the next session.

Sub-Topics: Firearms Data Privacy

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Mar 31, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version · 4 edits · Feb 26, 2025

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to a house engrossed version, with most substantive content remaining the same. The primary substantive change is a formatting error in Section 1 where the termination date appears to have two conflicting dates (July 1 and December 31, 2025) and the repeal date shows 'January july 1, 2026' with mixed case. The legislative findings and purpose sections were removed in the engrossed version, which is unusual and may indicate a clerical error or intentional simplification.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on terminating the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission on December 31, 2025, but the removal of legislative findings in the engrossed version reduces the explanatory context for why the commission is being terminated.

REQUIREMENT

Removed legislative findings (Section 3) that explained the commission's history, concerns about lobbying activities, and privacy concerns that justified termination.

TIMELINE

Section 1 contains conflicting termination dates showing both 'July 1' and 'December 31, 2025' in the same line, and the repeal date shows 'January july 1, 2026' with inconsistent capitalization.

TECHNICAL

Removed page headers, footers, and formatting elements including bill title pages, reference titles, and page numbering.

Added standard engrossed version formatting including 'House Engrossed' designation and cleaner bill structure.

Floor votes · House Feb 26, 2025

How they voted

33–27

Passed

Total votes 60

Feb 26, 2025

D Democratic27

27 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican33

33 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor