---
type: "Bill"
title: "school bus drivers; license requirements"
description: "school bus drivers; license requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2159"
citation: "Arizona HB 2159 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE", "DRIVER LICENSES", "LICENSE REQUIREMENTS", "SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John M. Fillmore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ae15eae-41ff-49f7-813c-8c0883d38ad7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74583?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "ab9d79337c4234e3326cc3bbf5a81587779eb50af333e893da0f73cd7e3da507"
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 2159 (55th-1st-regular) — school bus drivers; license requirements

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0100.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2159H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2159P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John M. Fillmore — primary (person)
- Bret M. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** 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/0ae15eae-41ff-49f7-813c-8c0883d38ad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).