---
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).