---
type: "Bill"
title: "governmental entities; diplomas; transcripts; recognition."
description: "governmental entities; diplomas; transcripts; recognition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2389"
citation: "Arizona HB 2389 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF EDUCATION", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES -- CURRENT", "GENERAL PROVISIONS - TITLE 1", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell Bowers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43f92be-48b4-4f6b-b4ca-1b718d151524"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69392?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "141b410709fd3214f1986c1271e56fed48fad6030949024df81065625452adf7"
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 2389 (53rd-1st-regular) — governmental entities; diplomas; transcripts; recognition.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0169.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2389H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2389P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2389S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Russell Bowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** transmit to house
- **2017-03-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-17** passed `passage`
- **2017-04-17** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-22** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-18** 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/f43f92be-48b4-4f6b-b4ca-1b718d151524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).