---
type: "Bill"
title: "driver licenses; foster youth"
description: "driver licenses; foster youth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2588"
citation: "Arizona HB 2588 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH REGISTRATION (S)", "DCS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY) (S)", "DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY (DCS) (S)", "DRIVER LICENSES", "FOSTER YOUTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36 (S)", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reginald Bolding, Jr."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70d433e-c319-4318-9fe3-2c504f9af44a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75235?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "90d074980177fcd8afbc9ca6c90a581acc586728e52868379a33222f4b6864ef"
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 2588 (55th-1st-regular) — driver licenses; foster youth

## 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/0374.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Transportation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/H.2588ANDRADE.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2588H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2588P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Gabaldon flr amend (ref TAT) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2588FloorGABALDON.docx.htm)
6. **SENATE - Transportation and Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2588TAT.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2588S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **43–16** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **50–10** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reginald Bolding, Jr. — primary (person)
- Diego Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-23** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-05-17** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-17** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-21** 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/d70d433e-c319-4318-9fe3-2c504f9af44a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).