ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House: JUD DP 7-1-0-1

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2045: drive by shooting; immediate area

Sponsor: Representative Bliss, LD 1

House Engrossed

Overview

Establishes that discharging a weapon from a motor vehicle includes discharging a weapon from the immediate area of the vehicle.

History

Statute establishes that a person commits drive by shooting if the person intentionally discharges a weapon from a motor vehicle at a person, another vehicle or an occupied structure. Drive by shooting is classified as a class 2 felony (A.R.S. § 13-1209).

Furthermore, a vehicle used in a drive by shooting is subject to seizure and forfeiture. The license of any person convicted of drive by shooting is subject to seizure and destruction; and driving privileges are to be suspended for a period of one to five years (A.R.S. § 13-1209).

Provisions

1.   Specifies that discharging a weapon from a motor vehicle includes discharging a weapon in the immediate area of a vehicle that was:

a.   used to transport the person to the place the weapon was discharged; or

b.   used to transport the weapon that was discharged. (Sec. 1)

2.   Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

 

 

 

 

 

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Initials NM/NP                      HB 2045

2/05/2026        Page 0 House Engrossed

 

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