---
type: "Bill"
title: "foster children; high school; transfer"
description: "foster children; high school; transfer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2645"
citation: "Arizona HB 2645 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e12904b1-52dd-4f38-a3ed-daf37514c5ec"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80628?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "aba467d681b9eb4f33b52c2918fe00a7f72a004bd822dc0822cea04f6998be9a"
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 2645 (56th-2nd-regular) — foster children; high school; transfer

## 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/0098.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Jones - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/514478)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2645h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2645p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/s.2645ed.pdf)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2645s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-02-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-26** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** 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/e12904b1-52dd-4f38-a3ed-daf37514c5ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).