---
type: "Bill"
title: "schools; sexually explicit materials; prohibition"
description: "schools; sexually explicit materials; prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2495"
citation: "Arizona HB 2495 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Hoffman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c77265b4-96b9-4016-b9df-e05dfbea0497"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76973?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "0e668628bbd2e29a364a0c15a3f8e2657bf377cce6fb0ae054bb8193d584d8f4"
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 2495 (55th-2nd-regular) — schools; sexually explicit materials; prohibition

## 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/0380.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by ED - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/493147)
3. **HOUSE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2495education.pdf)
4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Hoffman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/493148)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2495h.pdf)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2495p.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2495floorbarto.pdf)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2495s.pdf)

## Votes

- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–23** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jake Hoffman — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Neal Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-23** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **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/c77265b4-96b9-4016-b9df-e05dfbea0497`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).