---
type: "Bill"
title: "defensive driving schools; course curriculum"
description: "defensive driving schools; course curriculum"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2265"
citation: "Arizona HB 2265 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFENSIVE DRIVING SCHOOL", "SUPREME COURT", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aad4d1cb-9148-42ca-900e-706dc84f7f01"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71372?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "be4f1f4f0c48d9d26502002136f086d079b4e054fe89b29fd495403764f7ead3"
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 2265 (54th-1st-regular) — defensive driving schools; course curriculum

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0287.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to PS - Payne - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467931)
3. **HOUSE - Public Safety - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2265PUBLIC SAFETY.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2265H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2265P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Livingston flr amend (ref TPS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2265FLOORLIVINGSTON1.docx.htm)
7. **SENATE - Transportation and Public Safety - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2265TPS.DOCX.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2265S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **19–7** (pass) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **41–18** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)
- Bret Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** dpa/se `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to senate
- **2019-03-06** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** dpa/se `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-07** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-24** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-24** transmit to house
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-27** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-27** passed `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 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/aad4d1cb-9148-42ca-900e-706dc84f7f01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).