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HB2469 • 2026

study committee; human trafficking

HB2469 - study committee; human trafficking

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Mariana Sandoval, Anna Abeytia, Cesar Aguilar, Lorena Austin, Seth Blattman, Janeen Connolly, Lupe Contreras, Patty Contreras, Quantá Crews, Brian Garcia, Sarah Liguori, Elda Luna-Nájera, Aaron Márquez, Christopher Mathis, Mae Peshlakai, Stephanie Simacek, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, Myron Tsosie, Betty J Villegas, Lela Alston, Denise “Mitzi” Epstein, Rosanna Gabaldón, Analise Ortiz
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not specify if the recommendations will be adopted into law, only that they must be submitted.

Human Trafficking Employee Education Study Committee

This bill creates a committee to study how to train retail and lodging workers on spotting human trafficking victims.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes the Human Trafficking Employee Education Study Committee with members from government, business groups, academia, and community organizations.
  • Requires the committee to meet at least twice or more often if requested by leadership.
  • Directs the group to study training methods for retail and lodging employees on identifying human trafficking victims in urban and rural areas.
  • Mandates a final report with recommendations be sent to state leaders by June 30, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Retail business owners and their employees
  • Lodging businesses such as hotels and motels
  • State government agencies including the Attorney General's office and Department of Public Safety

Terms To Know

Study Committee
A temporary group created to research a specific topic and make recommendations.
Human Trafficking
The illegal trade of people for forced labor or sexual exploitation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill only creates a study group; it does not immediately require any new training programs.
  • The committee and its rules end automatically on December 31, 2028.
  • The final report will contain recommendations, but the law does not say if those ideas must become real laws.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-01-20 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-20 House

    House Judiciary: None

  4. 2026-01-20 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2469 - study committee; human trafficking

Current Bill Text

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REFERENCE TITLE:
study committee; human trafficking

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2469

Introduced by

Representatives
Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Blattman, Connolly, Contreras L,
Contreras P, Crews, Garcia, Liguori, Luna-N�jera, M�rquez, Mathis, Peshlakai,
Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Tsosie, Villegas;� Senators Alston, Epstein,
Gabald�n, Ortiz

AN
ACT

establishing the human trafficking
employee education study committee.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Human trafficking employee education study
committee; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal

A. The human trafficking
employee education study committee is established and consists of the following
members:

1. Two members of the house
of representatives who are appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives and who are from different political parties.

2. Two members of the
senate who are appointed by the president of the senate and who are from
different political parties.

3. One member from the
governor's council to combat human trafficking in Arizona who is appointed by
the governor.

4. The attorney general or
the attorney general's designee.

5. The director of the
department of public safety or the director's designee.

6. The director of the
department of emergency and military affairs or the director's designee.

7. One member who is from a
chamber of commerce of a county with a population of more than four million
persons and who is appointed by the governor.

8. One member who is from a
chamber of commerce of a county with more than one million persons but less
than four million persons and who is appointed by the governor.

9. One member who is from
the greater Phoenix economic council and who is appointed by the governor.

10. One member who is from
the office of sex trafficking intervention research at Arizona state university
and who is appointed by the governor.

11. One member who is
currently employed in academia, who holds a doctorate degree, who conducts
research on human trafficking or identifying victims of human trafficking and
who is appointed by the governor.

12. One member who has
practical experience with human trafficking and who is appointed by the
governor.

13. One member who is a
licensed health care provider in this state, who has experience treating
victims of human trafficking and who is appointed by the governor.

14. One member who is a
licensed social worker, who works in a middle or high school and who is
appointed by the governor.

15. One member who is a
certified peace officer with experience in human trafficking and who is
appointed by the governor.

16. One member who is from
a tribal community.

B. The members of the board
shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson.

C. The house of
representatives shall provide the committee with administrative support.

D. The members of the
committee are eligible to receive reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title
38, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes.

E. The study committee
shall:

1. Meet a minimum of two
times or more frequently at the request of the chairperson or vice chairperson.

2. Evaluate options and
methods of training retail and lodging business employees on how to identify
and respond to possible victims of human trafficking in both urban and rural
areas.

F. On or before June 30,
2028, the committee shall submit a report regarding the committee's activities
and recommendations for educating retail and lodging businesses about human
trafficking to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the
house of representatives and shall provide a copy of the report to the
secretary of state.

G. This section is repealed
from and after December 31, 2028.