---
type: "Bill"
title: "in-state tuition; veterans"
description: "in-state tuition; veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2415"
citation: "Arizona HB 2415 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "IN-STATE TUITION", "UNIVERSITIES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Lawrence"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d64783d-f6ab-40fe-b1f2-b00ac66bda93"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69423?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "aef8fc041f1c6ad8e7423277cdb71d7409316570c20709e35195dc9c49bf72ed"
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 2415 (53rd-1st-regular) — in-state tuition; veterans

## 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/0157.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2415H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2415P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Jay Lawrence — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-07** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-17** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-22** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-11** transmit to house
- **2017-04-11** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d64783d-f6ab-40fe-b1f2-b00ac66bda93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).