Arizona HB 2186: school meals; unpaid fees

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 REFERENCE TITLE: identity evidence; civil traffic violations

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HB 2186

 Introduced by 

 Representative 
 Willoughby

AN 
ACT

Amending section 28-1595, Arizona Revised 
Statutes; relating to civil traffic violations.

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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 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 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 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.� The evidence of the person's identity may be provided verbally by the 
person and shall include the person's:

1. Full name.

2. Date of birth.

3. Residence 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 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