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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "statewide assessment; accommodations; written form"
+description: "statewide assessment; accommodations; written form"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "57th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2540"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2540 (57th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Taylor"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-01-27"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6af63b-d3f7-4b69-8911-1bf4b8ec464d"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82362?SessionId=129"
+source_hash: "bf793c14b7bf7443031788834096b565a08d9f174b28aeb3b2cceb870351924e"
+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 2540 (57th-1st-regular) — statewide assessment; accommodations; written form
+
+## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0204.pdf)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2540h.pdf)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2540p.pdf)
+4. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527931)
+5. **SENATE - Werner flr amend (ref Bill) (sub ED) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529564)
+6. **SENATE - Werner flr amend (ref Senate Engrossed House Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529874)
+7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2540s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **33–25** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **18–10** (pass) · upper
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Taylor — primary (person)
+- Lisa Fink — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-28** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-04** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-10** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2025-02-19** DP `informal-passage`
+- **2025-02-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-20** Transmit to Senate
+- **2025-03-04** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-05** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-30** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-06** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** Transmit to House
+- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
+- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** 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/1f6af63b-d3f7-4b69-8911-1bf4b8ec464d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+