---
type: "Bill"
title: "teen suicide awareness special plates"
description: "teen suicide awareness special plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2859"
citation: "Arizona HB 2859 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Gress"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31ece42d-9af4-414d-9c2b-2268bc76bd26"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81480?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "813e7a3cc3360f13b2a1ec52fe276c073f9e425cab6d4ba2f746fc01e947ed06"
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 2859 (56th-2nd-regular) — teen suicide awareness special plates

## 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/56leg/2r/laws/0126.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Transportation & Infrastructure** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.2859transportation  infrastructure.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2859h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2859p.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **41–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Gress — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-09** 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/31ece42d-9af4-414d-9c2b-2268bc76bd26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).