---
type: "Bill"
title: "children and families special plates"
description: "children and families special plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2816"
citation: "Arizona HB 2816 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND FAMILIES", "FEE (S)", "FUND", "SPECIAL PLATES", "STATE HIGHWAY FUND", "STATE TREASURER (S)", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin Wilmeth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a38025a5-17b0-45b5-bf67-cbea5094b523"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76013?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "7e17d6ec3741dfc1d97f6b54fc5f50ba0c5bc091777daf4ba5a0e2e3d93e21e9"
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 2816 (55th-1st-regular) — children and families special plates

## 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/0270.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2816H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2816P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Transportation and Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2816TAT.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2816S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **38–21** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **45–14** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justin Wilmeth — primary (person)
- Ben Toma — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-23** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-14** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** 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/a38025a5-17b0-45b5-bf67-cbea5094b523`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).