---
type: "Bill"
title: "Holocaust education; instruction requirements"
description: "Holocaust education; instruction requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2779"
citation: "Arizona HB 2779 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Marshall, Sr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59ec4673-fefa-4728-bd0c-463f833cfd1f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81391?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "12092289d316eb5defbb771c80f942dcc0be528627b6634535f707b81b128bfd"
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 2779 (56th-2nd-regular) — Holocaust education; instruction requirements

## 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/56leg/2r/laws/0153.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2779h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2779p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Bennett flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518193)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2779s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **41–17** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **40–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Marshall, Sr. — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Austin Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- Consuelo Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Cory McGarr — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- John Gillette — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Willoughby — cosponsor (person)
- Laurin Hendrix — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Carbone — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Peña — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Selina Bliss — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Blattman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Montenegro — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-21** DP `passage`
- **2024-02-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-06** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-10** 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/59ec4673-fefa-4728-bd0c-463f833cfd1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).