---
type: "Bill"
title: "military leaves of absence; duration"
description: "military leaves of absence; duration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2297"
citation: "Arizona HB 2297 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DURATION", "INTENT (S)", "MILITARY AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - TITLE 26", "MILITARY DUTY (S)", "MILITARY LEAVE (S)", "MILITARY LEAVES OF ABSENCE (S)", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - TITLE 38"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/053d79ce-d650-4f59-9189-0342eb0a1a08"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74756?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "81c1820e8266790dea0ed5db477238f1d93e8512a6b92da9426bb3f133e3c084"
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 2297 (55th-1st-regular) — military leaves of absence; duration

## 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/0193.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2297H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2297P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2297JUD.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2297S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (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`
- **2021-01-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-06** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-06** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** 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/053d79ce-d650-4f59-9189-0342eb0a1a08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).