# Arizona HB 2603: hunting; fishing; license; deferred prosecution

Arizona HB 2603, hunting; fishing; license; deferred prosecution, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session House bill sponsored by Quang H Nguyen (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Final Reading: Passed) (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2603-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona HB 2603
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: hunting; fishing; license; deferred prosecution
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Last action: 2025-04-10, Final Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Quang H Nguyen (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: civil penalty (s), classification (s), deferred prosecution, denial (s), fishing, game and fish - title 17, game and fish commission, hunting, license, notice (s), privilege of taking wildlife (s), revocation (s), suspension (s), violation (s), violations (s)
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (145 yes, 22 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Hunters face longer license bans: cost, high. After a public hearing, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission can suspend or revoke a wildlife license, or deny another, for up to five years. This can follow a listed wildlife violation or a crime involving taking or possessing wildlife, after a conviction, deferred prosecution agreement, or delinq…
- Finish requirements to end license bans: mixed, medium. A person can end an active wildlife-license revocation imposed because of a deferred prosecution agreement. They must prove they completed the program and required training, the criminal charges were dismissed, and all civil penalties under A.R.S. § 17-314 were paid in full.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Quang H Nguyen (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-10 | House | CONCUR: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2025-04-10 | House | FINAL: Passed | pass | 48 | 10 |   |
| 2025-03-31 | House | THIRD: Passed | pass | 26 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | House | DPA | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-25 | House | THIRD: Passed | pass | 52 | 8 |   |
| 2025-02-17 | House | C&P | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-10 | House | DPA | pass | 4 | 2 |   |

## Actions (10)

- 2025-04-10: Final Reading: Passed (House)
- 2025-04-10: Concurrence: Passed (House)
- 2025-03-31: Third Reading: Passed (House)
- 2025-03-31: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (House)
- 2025-03-17: undefined: PFC (House)
- 2025-03-11: undefined: DPA (House)
- 2025-02-25: Third Reading: Passed (House)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (House)
- 2025-02-17: undefined: C&P (House)
- 2025-02-10: undefined: DPA (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0054.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529363)
- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2603H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525355)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2603P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521448)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2603S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528837)

## Related bills

- HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio (signed)
- HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability (signed)
- HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan (signed)
- HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service (signed)
- HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs (signed)
- SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0054.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529363)
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2603H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525355)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2603P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521448)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2603S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528837)

## Related
- [HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2015-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2077-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2034-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2036-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2035-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1537-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2603-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).