republic-os/legislation/us/states/az/55th-1st-regular/hb-2898.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2021-2022."
description: "K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2021-2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2898"
citation: "Arizona HB 2898 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["2021-2022", "ALLOWABLE DISCLOSURE", "AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS - TITLE 5", "ANNUAL REPORT", "APPLICABILITY", "APPROPRIATING MONIES (S)", "APPROPRIATIONS", "ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION", "BUDGET RECONCILIATION", "CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT (CTED)", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CONDITIONAL ENACTMENT", "COOPERATIVE SERVICES FUND", "CRISIS MANAGEMENT TEAM", "CTED (SEE: CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION DISTRICT)", "DELAYED REPEAL", "DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (ADOA)", "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ADE)", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "EFFECTIVE DATE", "ENFORCEMENT", "EXTRAORDINARY SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS FUND", "FACE COVERINGS (S)", "FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY", "GOVERNING BOARD", "INTENT", "K-12 EDUCATION", "LEARNING LOSS", "LEGISLATIVE INTENT", "NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION RATES", "OPEN ENROLLMENT", "PERSISTENTLY UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "PORTAL", "PUBLIC FINANCES - TITLE 35", "PUBLIC LANDS - TITLE 37", "PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION MODERNIZATION GRANTS", "PUBLIC SCHOOLS", "REQUIREMENT PROHIBITION (S)", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT", "REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT; THREE-FOURTHS VOTE", "RESIDENT PUPIL", "RESULTS-BASED FUNDING", "RETROACTIVITY", "RFEIR (SEE: REQUIREMENTS FOR ENACTMENT", "INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM)", "SCHOOL FACILITIES BOARD", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "STATE TREASURER", "TAXATION - TITLE 42", "TAXATION OF INCOME - TITLE 43", "UNCLAIMED PRIZE MONEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina E. Cobb"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 18
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-05-24"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6afe4b9e-865e-4c36-bd45-df456ccf7d7e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76131?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "9ad8c67bed9e9b1909cc4938f563594a74b82e4879c1aca2ce9b0a4fb629669c"
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 2898 (55th-1st-regular) — K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2021-2022.

## 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/0404.htm)
2. **HOUSE - 2898FloorBURGES2_Merged.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490312)
3. **HOUSE - 2898FloorCOBB3_Merged.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490313)
4. **HOUSE - 2898FloorCOBB5_Merged.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490314)
5. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Bolick - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490306)
6. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Lieberman - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490307)
7. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Meza - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490308)
8. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Pawlik - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490309)
9. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Schwiebert #2 - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490311)
10. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Schwiebert - failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/490310)
11. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2898H.htm)
12. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2898P.htm)
13. **SENATE - Boyer flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2898FloorBOYER.docx.htm)
14. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2898S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- failed to pass — **28–28** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **28–28** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–25** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Regina E. Cobb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-24** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-25** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-25** FAILED `failure`
- **2021-06-25** FAILED `failure`
- **2021-06-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-06-28** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-29** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to House
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6afe4b9e-865e-4c36-bd45-df456ccf7d7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).