REFERENCE TITLE: failure to provide identification State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2331 Introduced by Representative Willoughby AN ACT Amending section 28-1595, Arizona Revised Statutes; Relating to civil traffic violations. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: failure to provide identification
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HB 2331
Introduced by Representative Willoughby
REFERENCE TITLE: failure to provide identification
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HB 2331
Introduced by
Representative Willoughby
AN ACT
Amending section 28-1595, Arizona Revised Statutes; Relating to civil traffic violations.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 28-1595, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE28-1595. Failure to stop or provide driver license or evidence of identity; violation; classification A. The An operator of a motor vehicle who knowingly fails or refuses to bring the operator's motor vehicle to a stop after being given a visual or audible signal or instruction by a peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. B. After stopping as required by subsection A of this section, the operator of a the motor vehicle who fails or refuses to exhibit the operator's driver license as required by section 28-3169 or a driver who is not licensed and who fails or refuses to provide evidence of the driver's identity on request is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. The evidence of identity that is presented shall contain all of the following information: 1. The driver's full name. 2. The driver's date of birth. 3. The driver's residence residential address. 4. A brief physical description of the driver, including the driver's sex, weight, height and eye and hair color. 5. The driver's signature. C. A person other than the driver of a motor vehicle who fails or refuses to provide evidence of the person's identity to a peace officer or a duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency on request, when such officer or agent has reasonable cause to believe the person has committed a violation of this title, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. C. If a peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency has reasonable cause to believe that a pedestrian or a person who is operating a bicycle or a person who is in a motor vehicle other than the operator has violated any provision of this title, the person shall provide verifiable proof of the PERSon's IDENTITY either verbally or by identification card. A person who fails to provide verifiable proof of the person's IDENTITY on request is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. For the purposes of this subsection, "verifiable proof of the person's IDENTITY" includes all of the following: 1. The person's full legal name. 2. The person's date of birth. 3. The person's residential address, if applicable. D. A peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency may give the signal or instruction required by subsection A of this section by hand, emergency light, voice, whistle or siren. E. A person shall not be convicted of a violation of subsection B of this section if the person provided evidence of identity required by subsection B, paragraphs 1 through 5 of this section and, if applicable, produces to the court a legible driver license or an authorized duplicate of the license that is issued to the person and that was valid at the time the violation of subsection B of this section occurred. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-1595, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE28-1595. Failure to stop or provide driver license or evidence of identity; violation; classification
A. The An operator of a motor vehicle who knowingly fails or refuses to bring the operator's motor vehicle to a stop after being given a visual or audible signal or instruction by a peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
B. After stopping as required by subsection A of this section, the operator of a the motor vehicle who fails or refuses to exhibit the operator's driver license as required by section 28-3169 or a driver who is not licensed and who fails or refuses to provide evidence of the driver's identity on request is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. The evidence of identity that is presented shall contain all of the following information:
1. The driver's full name.
2. The driver's date of birth.
3. The driver's residence residential address.
4. A brief physical description of the driver, including the driver's sex, weight, height and eye and hair color.
5. The driver's signature.
C. A person other than the driver of a motor vehicle who fails or refuses to provide evidence of the person's identity to a peace officer or a duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency on request, when such officer or agent has reasonable cause to believe the person has committed a violation of this title, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
C. If a peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency has reasonable cause to believe that a pedestrian or a person who is operating a bicycle or a person who is in a motor vehicle other than the operator has violated any provision of this title, the person shall provide verifiable proof of the PERSon's IDENTITY either verbally or by identification card. A person who fails to provide verifiable proof of the person's IDENTITY on request is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. For the purposes of this subsection, "verifiable proof of the person's IDENTITY" includes all of the following:
1. The person's full legal name.
2. The person's date of birth.
3. The person's residential address, if applicable.
D. A peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency may give the signal or instruction required by subsection A of this section by hand, emergency light, voice, whistle or siren.
E. A person shall not be convicted of a violation of subsection B of this section if the person provided evidence of identity required by subsection B, paragraphs 1 through 5 of this section and, if applicable, produces to the court a legible driver license or an authorized duplicate of the license that is issued to the person and that was valid at the time the violation of subsection B of this section occurred. END_STATUTE