---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2020-2021"
description: "K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2020-2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2902"
citation: "Arizona HB 2902 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATING MONIES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGET BILLS", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "K-12 EDUCATION", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell \"Rusty\" Bowers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-17"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19174fa2-51be-46a0-8ead-5919b0ef18e8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74212?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "7706ce1cfe3902f87e867dee0ce8c22fa75d872fb677571b17f460d425c4a91e"
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 2902 (54th-2nd-regular) — K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2020-2021

## 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/54leg/2R/laws/0049.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2902H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2902P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-03-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-18** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-19** DP `passage`
- **2020-03-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-19** PASSED `passage`
- **2020-03-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-19** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-19** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-03-19** Transmit to House
- **2020-03-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-28** 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/19174fa2-51be-46a0-8ead-5919b0ef18e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).