Arizona HB 2665: manslaughter; online advice; encouragement

Bill Text

Chapter 0060 - 572R - H Ver of HB2665 

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 manslaughter; online 
 advice; encouragement

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 CHAPTER 60

 HOUSE BILL 2665

AN 
ACT

amending section 13-1103, Arizona Revised 
Statutes; relating to homicide.

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

Section 1.1. Section 
13-1103, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-1103. Manslaughter; classification; definition

A. A person commits manslaughter by doing any of the 
following:

1. Recklessly causing the death of another person. 

2. Committing second degree murder as prescribed in 
section 13-1104, subsection A on a sudden quarrel or heat of passion 
resulting from adequate provocation by the victim. 

3. Intentionally providing the physical means that 
another person uses to die by suicide, with the knowledge that the person 
intends to die by suicide. 

4. Committing second degree murder as prescribed in 
section 13-1104, subsection A, paragraph 3, while being coerced to do so 
by the use or threatened immediate use of unlawful deadly physical force on the 
person or a third person that a reasonable person in his situation would have 
been unable to resist. 

5. Knowingly or recklessly causing the death of an 
unborn child by any physical injury to the mother.

B. A person who is at least eighteen years of age 
commits manslaughter by intentionally providing advice or encouragement, including by a directed communication, 
that a minor uses to die by suicide with the knowledge that the minor intends 
to die by suicide. 

C. An offense under subsection A, paragraph 5 of 
this section applies to an unborn child in the womb at any stage of its 
development.� A person shall not be prosecuted under subsection A, paragraph 5 
of this section if any of the following applies:

1. The person was performing an abortion for which 
the consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on the 
pregnant woman's behalf, has been obtained or for which the consent was implied 
or authorized by law.

2. The person was performing medical treatment on 
the pregnant woman or the pregnant woman's unborn child.

3. The person was the unborn child's mother.

D. Manslaughter is a class 2 felony.

E. For the purposes of this section, 
"directed communication":

1. Means any verbal, written or 
electronic communication, including through social media posts, text messaging 
or other online platforms, that is specifically addressed to or reasonably 
understood to be directed at the minor who dies by suicide.

2. Includes 
an online post, message or other content that identifies, tags or is otherwise 
specifically directed at the minor who dies by suicide.

3. Does not 
include general public commentary, artistic expression or discussion of suicide 
or mental health that is not specifically directed at the minor who dies by 
suicide. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.2. Short title

This act may be cited as "Cade's 
Law: If You See Something Say Something".

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 13, 2026.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 13, 2026.