---
type: "Bill"
title: "zoning regulations; private schools"
description: "zoning regulations; private schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2461"
citation: "Arizona HB 2461 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF SUPERVISORS", "CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "COUNTIES - TITLE 11", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "ZONING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Leach"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e354d07-6843-4640-b641-9612083e0333"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70422?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "1c274a35f7204cbb238c9d9d286e1e7610e80bc9dfefc0d7803a596af7eeb1d7"
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 2461 (53rd-2nd-regular) — zoning regulations; private schools

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0086.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2461H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2461P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2461S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **34–23** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **33–25** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vince Leach — primary (person)
- Anthony T. Kern — cosponsor (person)
- BEN TOMA — cosponsor (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Thorpe — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Norgaard — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Yee — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Noel W. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Mosley — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Russell Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis W. Grantham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-20** transmit to house
- **2018-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-16** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-27** 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/4e354d07-6843-4640-b641-9612083e0333`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).