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AZ HB2864

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/26/2026

Primary Sponsor

Lydia Hernandez

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Adds "instigating" as a new form of misconduct involving weapons under Arizona law, defined as encouraging or directing another person to commit a crime or engage in an act likely to result in a crime
  • Creates criminal liability when someone instigates another person to carry a concealed deadly weapon in furtherance of a serious offense, violent crime, or felony, and that person commits the offense
  • Creates criminal liability when someone instigates another person to use or possess a deadly weapon during the commission of any drug-related felony offense, and that person commits the offense
  • Classifies the new instigation offense as a class 3 misdemeanor
  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-3102 (Misconduct involving weapons) to include this new provision

Legislative Description

Misconduct involving weapons; instigation

Last Action

House read second time

1/27/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/26/2026
Judiciary1/26/2026

Full Bill Text

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