---
type: "Bill"
title: "public schools; moment of silence"
description: "public schools; moment of silence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2707"
citation: "Arizona HB 2707 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alma Hernandez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d48938b-4250-496b-a515-06779ca3b9da"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77769?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "2c0761dd9ca0ffa2b4f750415c99742a8a3cf929db90f33bd65a0ed1755fba5b"
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 2707 (55th-2nd-regular) — public schools; moment of silence

## 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/0119.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Fillmore - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/495793)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2707h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2707p.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **47–12** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **26–32** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alma Hernandez — primary (person)
- Daniel Hernandez, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Espinoza — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- Judy M. Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Lorenzo Sierra — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Diaz — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-21** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-24** DP `passage`
- **2022-02-24** FAILED `failure`
- **2022-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-31** DP `passage`
- **2022-04-06** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-06** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** 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/8d48938b-4250-496b-a515-06779ca3b9da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).