HB2017 • 2026

website information; pregnant women

HB2017 - website information; pregnant women

Abortion Children

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rachel Keshel, Lisa Fink
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text lists specific details required for adoption agencies (such as whether they allow choosing adoptive parents and offering free ultrasounds), which were summarized generally in the 'what_it_does' section to maintain readability.

HB2017: Website Information on Support and Adoption for Pregnant Women

This law requires the Department of Health Services and AHCCCS to post specific information about pregnancy support services and adoption options on their public websites.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Health Services and AHCCCS to add a link on their website home pages by December 1, 2026.
Mandates that this link leads to information in both English and Spanish about agencies helping women during pregnancy, childbirth, and while their child is dependent.
Prohibits including any agency that counsels, refers, performs, induces, prescribes, or provides abortion on the list of support services.
Requires a separate webpage for adoption options listing public and nonprofit agencies not affiliated with an abortion provider.
Ensures all posted information is available in a format that can be easily downloaded and printed.

Who It Names or Affects

The Arizona Department of Health Services
The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
Pregnant women seeking support or adoption information online

Terms To Know

AHCCCS: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the state agency mentioned in the bill.
Conspicuous link: A website button or text that is easy to see and click on a home page.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify how much money will be used to create these webpages.
The bill only requires posting information; it does not require the state to fund new services or change existing laws on abortion beyond this website requirement.

Bill History

2026-01-13 House
House second read
2026-01-12 House
House Rules: None
2026-01-12 House
House Health & Human Services: None
2026-01-12 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2017 - website information; pregnant women

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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REFERENCE TITLE:
website information; pregnant women

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2017

Introduced by

Representatives
Keshel: Fink

AN
ACT

Amending section 36-2153.01,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to abortion.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 36-2153.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
36-2153.01.

Website information; agencies providing support for pregnant
women; adoption information

A. On or before
February 1, 2022

December 1, 2026
, the department of health services
and the Arizona health care cost containment system
shall
provide on the
department's
public website home page
for each agency
a conspicuous link that directs an individual
to the following easily comprehensible information, in both English and
Spanish:

1. A list of public and private agencies and
services available to assist a woman through pregnancy, on childbirth and while
her child is dependent. Any agency that counsels, refers, performs,
induces, prescribes or provides any means for abortion may not be included on
the list.

2. Each agency's services, physical address,
telephone number and website address, if available.

3. Information on and a link to a separate featured
webpage that is accessible by redirecting from the domain name
AdoptionOption.AZ.gov and that lists all of the following:

(a) Public and nonprofit adoption agencies that are
not affiliated with an abortion provider and that are arranged geographically.�
The link shall include the information specified in paragraph 2 of this
subsection.

(b) Easily comprehensible first steps to assist a
pregnant woman seeking to confidentially explore the option of placing her
child for adoption.

(c) Whether the adoption agency allows the woman to
choose the adoptive parents.

(d) Agencies that offer obstetric ultrasounds free
of charge.

(e) Agencies that offer confidential counseling free
of charge to a woman considering placing her child for adoption.

B. All information provided pursuant to subsection A
of this section shall be available in an easily downloadable printed format.
END_STATUTE