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AZ HB2074

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Lisa Fink

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Requires any medical facility employee, contractor, or volunteer with direct knowledge of a partial-birth abortion to immediately report it to the county attorney, including all identifying information about the physician and facility involved
  • Makes failure to report a partial-birth abortion a class 6 felony
  • Removes the existing exception that allowed partial-birth abortions when necessary to save the life of the mother
  • Removes the existing protection that shielded women from criminal prosecution or civil liability for undergoing a partial-birth abortion
  • Declares legislative intent that partial-birth abortion is "never medically necessary" and that the previous life-of-mother exception created a "false loophole"

Legislative Description

Partial-birth abortions; mandatory reporting

Family Offenses

Last Action

House additional Committee of the Whole action: Do Pass Amended

2/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/12/2026
Judiciary1/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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