---
type: "Bill"
title: "school district governing boards; qualifications"
description: "school district governing boards; qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2416"
citation: "Arizona HB 2416 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas Coleman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b295469-1400-4fff-a6f1-b62410c2f671"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69424?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "1684e4bf7f390dcfd8b3254212fa2aad5747e8ac82f66cdfaef03a8aa7e97a12"
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 2416 (53rd-1st-regular) — school district governing boards; qualifications

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0202.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2416H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2416P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2416S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Douglas Coleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-02-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** transmit to house
- **2017-03-01** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** passed `passage`
- **2017-04-24** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-22** transmit to senate
- **2017-04-26** 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/8b295469-1400-4fff-a6f1-b62410c2f671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).