---
type: "Bill"
title: "empowerment scholarships; qualified school"
description: "empowerment scholarships; qualified school"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2758"
citation: "Arizona HB 2758 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNTS", "INDIAN RESERVATIONS", "RETROACTIVITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warren Petersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-21"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c950e85-8466-4831-92c0-0df33ba79c34"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72437?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "f299b5ebff3adb6526f348c439267166afc1c4b80f98f45eeb769b056d6374a1"
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 2758 (54th-1st-regular) — empowerment scholarships; qualified school

## 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/0276.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2758H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2758P.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Warren Petersen — primary (person)
- Anthony T. Kern — cosponsor (person)
- Arlando Teller — cosponsor (person)
- Becky A. Nutt — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Thorpe — cosponsor (person)
- Bret Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John Allen — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Myron Tsosie — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Noel Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas "T.J." Shope, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Travis W. Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Walter Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-21** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** dp `passage`
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-24** transmit to house
- **2019-05-24** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-27** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** 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/8c950e85-8466-4831-92c0-0df33ba79c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).