---
type: "Bill"
title: "higher education; budget reconciliation; 2020-2021"
description: "higher education; budget reconciliation; 2020-2021"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2903"
citation: "Arizona HB 2903 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGET BILLS", "BUDGET RECONCILIATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION"]
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/07b94bd9-bbf7-42df-9e49-fc0a2aeadb04"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74213?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "ded27f0e90e95a621ad21c466e25e3615d82b8d621ee03872cff4b8a5c7ea718"
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 2903 (54th-2nd-regular) — higher 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/0050.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2903H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/HB2903P.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper

## 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/07b94bd9-bbf7-42df-9e49-fc0a2aeadb04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).