---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; appropriation"
description: "Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; appropriation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2853"
citation: "Arizona HB 2853 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Toma"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-06-15"
last_action: "2022-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb603aaa-2f04-4f00-ae38-470c6cb072e8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77976?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "185e5ac20a958693bc282222bd7a729ae239d63968b0f9bdc436e2d61e9a4e54"
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 2853 (55th-2nd-regular) — Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; appropriation

## 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/0388.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Hoffman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/499808)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Toma - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/499809)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2853h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2853p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **31–26** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Toma — primary (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda Barton — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Judy M. Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Wilmeth — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Neal Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Quang H Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Kaiser — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Dunn — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-15** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-20** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-06-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-06-23** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2022-06-23** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2022-06-23** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-23** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to House
- **2022-07-07** 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/bb603aaa-2f04-4f00-ae38-470c6cb072e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).