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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "postsecondary institutions; free expression policies"
+description: "postsecondary institutions; free expression policies"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2563"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2563 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARD OF REGENTS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "FREE SPEECH ZONE", "STUDENTS", "UNIVERSITIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul Boyer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-02-06"
+last_action: "2018-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a03d6009-29a1-413b-9283-f984556680f0"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70802?SessionId=119"
+source_hash: "80a5a12eb896a2df2b451085db3698640e225e3cb659bd19634e7b657bdb7e55"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
+---
+
+# Arizona HB 2563 (53rd-2nd-regular) — postsecondary institutions; free expression policies
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/laws/0267.htm)
+2. **Conference Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2563C.htm)
+3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2563H.htm)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2563P.htm)
+5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2563S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **34–22** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **34–23** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul Boyer — primary (person)
+- Anthony T. Kern — cosponsor (person)
+- BEN TOMA — cosponsor (person)
+- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
+- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
+- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
+- David Stringer — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
+- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Yee — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
+- Russell Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-06** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-07** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-05** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-26** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-03-26** transmit to house
+- **2018-03-01** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2018-04-16** passed `passage`
+- **2018-04-16** transmit to senate
+- **2018-02-23** transmit to senate
+- **2018-04-19** passed `passage`
+- **2018-04-19** transmit to house
+- **2018-04-19** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-04-25** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a03d6009-29a1-413b-9283-f984556680f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+