---
type: "Bill"
title: "STEM funding; appropriation"
description: "STEM funding; appropriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2017"
citation: "Arizona HB 2017 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Kaiser"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06754bc1-ba74-4e98-a007-b085e924e06c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76272?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "15b8ab5a6d12147f8cc3c29a71e4adde0a12fde718d042dc42a71f2ba8be079e"
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 2017 (55th-2nd-regular) — STEM funding; appropriation

## 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/0367.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/ccamendments/55leg/2r/h.2017conference.pdf)
3. **Conference Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2017c.pdf)
4. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2017education.pdf)
5. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to ED - Kaiser - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495754)
6. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2017h.pdf)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2017p.pdf)
8. **SENATE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2017approp.pdf)
9. **SENATE - Gowan flr amend (ref APPROP) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2017floorgowan.pdf)
10. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2017s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **49–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **43–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Kaiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2022-01-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-02** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-07-06** 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/06754bc1-ba74-4e98-a007-b085e924e06c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).