AZ HB2205

Prohibits employers from requiring employees to keep wages confidential, sign nondisclosure agreements regarding wages, or take adverse employment action against employees for disclosing their own wages or discussing other employees' wages voluntarily.

Prevents employers from inquiring about prospective employees' wage or salary history before making a job offer with compensation, unless the prospective candidate voluntarily discloses this information.

Requires employers with employee handbooks to include notice of employees' wage disclosure rights and allows employees to file civil actions for violations, with remedies including reinstatement, unpaid wages recovery, and expungement of adverse records.

Modifies equal pay law (A.R.S. § 23-341) to extend the statute of limitations from 6 months to 1 year and prohibits employers from using an employee's prior wage history as a defense in wage discrimination cases.

Extends the prohibition on using prior wage history as a defense to all wage or salary discrimination claims under state law by creating a new statute (A.R.S. § 41-1469).