---
type: "Bill"
title: "parental rights; schools; educational records"
description: "parental rights; schools; educational records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2161"
citation: "Arizona HB 2161 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Kaiser"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad76752c-cf64-4f4b-acd0-c6d522ecc196"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76582?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "40c331b7eda88e6176720c8a16658ad1b60c7f5df783c4ace6affb6cae005b72"
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 2161 (55th-2nd-regular) — parental rights; schools; educational records

## 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/2r/laws/0200.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kaiser - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495249)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Kaiser - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495707)
4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Weninger - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495708)
5. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to Chavez Floor Amend - Kaiser #2 - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495250)
6. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2161h.pdf)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2161p.pdf)
8. **SENATE - Boyer flr amend (ref ED) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2161floorboyer.pdf)
9. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2161ed.pdf)
10. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2161s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–28** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–26** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Kaiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-30** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-18** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-19** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** 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/ad76752c-cf64-4f4b-acd0-c6d522ecc196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).