felony conviction; sentence completion; designation
This Arizona bill (HB 2749) allows courts to reclassify certain non-violent felony convictions as misdemeanors under strict conditions. It applies to people convicted of Class 4, 5, or 6 felonies without a victim, who have no prior felony convictions, completed all sentence terms (including fines), waited five years since conviction, and have no subsequent offenses involving victims or felonies. The court must determine the reclassification serves the interest of justice. This change directly affects eligible individuals by potentially reducing their criminal record severity, but only if all five specified conditions are met.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Jan 21, 2026
Signed Jun 4, 2026
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Senate Engrossed Version (05/18/2026)
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MINOR
The bill was finalized into law after being approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State. The primary changes are technical formatting updates, such as changing the header from 'HOUSE BILL' to 'CHAPTER' and adding official approval dates. No substantive policy, funding, or eligibility changes were made in this version.
TECHNICAL
Added official approval and filing dates (June 4, 2026, and June 5, 2026) to formalize the bill as law.
Updated the document title from 'HOUSE BILL 2749' to 'CHAPTER 109' to reflect its status as enacted legislation.
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2026 · House Feb 26, 2026
How they voted
23–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 30
May 18, 2026
D
Democratic13
76% Yea
R
Republican17
76% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
8
Committee
1
Amendments
2
Jun 4, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
DPA
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
DPA
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tony Rivero
RRepublican
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