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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "public schools; special education; access"
+description: "public schools; special education; access"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "57th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2621"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2621 (57th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51867073-ebe3-433e-9249-2ba16f7e6ccf"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84431?SessionId=130"
+source_hash: "d82aa8d64ef7e399ea3d4deb535886f62614c9a0c5af1a6602edeff1b349b8c8"
+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 2621 (57th-2nd-regular) — public schools; special education; access
+
+## 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/2r/laws/0102.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/537488)
+3. **HOUSE - Education - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/538015)
+4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to ED - Gress - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/540126)
+5. **House Engrossed Version (03/11/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2621h.pdf)
+6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2621p.pdf)
+7. **SENATE - Angius flr amend (ref ED) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542560)
+8. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/541681)
+9. **Senate Engrossed Version (04/16/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2621s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **51–0** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matt Gress — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-26** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Transmit to Senate
+- **2026-03-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-18** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-16** Transmit to House
+- **2026-06-01** PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-06-01** PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-06-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-04** 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/51867073-ebe3-433e-9249-2ba16f7e6ccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+