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legislation/us/states/az/55th-1st-regular/hb-2159.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "school bus drivers; license requirements"
+description: "school bus drivers; license requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2159"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2159 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE", "DRIVER LICENSES", "LICENSE REQUIREMENTS", "SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John M. Fillmore"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ae15eae-41ff-49f7-813c-8c0883d38ad7"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74583?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "ab9d79337c4234e3326cc3bbf5a81587779eb50af333e893da0f73cd7e3da507"
+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 2159 (55th-1st-regular) — school bus drivers; license requirements
+
+## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0100.htm)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2159H.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2159P.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John M. Fillmore — primary (person)
+- Bret M. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
+- Quang H. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
+- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
+- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-27** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-01** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2021-02-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-04** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17** Transmit to House
+- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-24** 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/0ae15eae-41ff-49f7-813c-8c0883d38ad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
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