---
type: "Bill"
title: "schools; academic standards; civics instruction."
description: "schools; academic standards; civics instruction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2008"
citation: "Arizona HB 2008 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quang H Nguyen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-11-23"
last_action: "2022-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce98017-4067-4f89-9971-7cd849348f20"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76249?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "e1098c4bf656739dd27e8f444b8d0c1b42536da2232980b75de2601e14094bbf"
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 2008 (55th-2nd-regular) — schools; academic standards; civics instruction.

## 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/55leg/2r/laws/0303.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by ED - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/494796)
3. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2008education.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2008h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2008p.pdf)

## Votes

- failed to pass — **13–13** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quang H Nguyen — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-23** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2022-01-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-24** DP `passage`
- **2022-06-07** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2022-06-08** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-08** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-08** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-14** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-17** 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/cce98017-4067-4f89-9971-7cd849348f20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).