---
type: "Bill"
title: "tuition waiver; veterans; felonies; eligibility"
description: "tuition waiver; veterans; felonies; eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2823"
citation: "Arizona HB 2823 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin Wilmeth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ee793e9-f8cc-40b5-91be-95c534d63245"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77894?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "ffe92989cb74acbdf5341329790a42221fae9ace6d08e846cfccf348ea91eacf"
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 2823 (55th-2nd-regular) — tuition waiver; veterans; felonies; eligibility

## 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/0144.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Wilmeth - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495819)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2823h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2823p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **42–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justin Wilmeth — primary (person)
- Jennifer Jermaine — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-11** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-14** 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/5ee793e9-f8cc-40b5-91be-95c534d63245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).