---
type: "Bill"
title: "CTEDs; letter grades; exclusion"
description: "CTEDs; letter grades; exclusion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2301"
citation: "Arizona HB 2301 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT (CTED)", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CTED (SEE: CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT)", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EXCLUSION", "LETTER GRADE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walter \"Walt\" Blackman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/557388ab-8a5d-43f7-b44d-b52256590e87"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74762?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "696f1cc0f462f8d35d2640c4bd0838dea06378d6bd38429e97e8ef9b070c53c8"
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 2301 (55th-1st-regular) — CTEDs; letter grades; exclusion

## 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/0025.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2301H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2301P.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walter "Walt" Blackman — 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`
- **2021-01-26** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-03** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-18** 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/557388ab-8a5d-43f7-b44d-b52256590e87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).