HB 2266 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

school attendance requirements; religious purposes

HB 2266 requires Arizona school districts and charter schools to adopt written policies allowing student absences for religious purposes, including parental consent and off-school-site religious instruction. It also mandates that schools seek state approval before closing due to widespread illness, severe weather, student walkouts, or safety threats like violence or natural disasters. The bill directly affects all public and charter schools in Arizona, their students, and parents seeking religious exemptions. These changes would modify how schools handle religious absences and emergency closures under state law.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Jan 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2026 Last action Mar 9, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version (02/25/2026) · 4 edits · Feb 25, 2026

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative introduction to an official 'House Engrossed' version, adding specific version identifiers and statutory markers. The substantive policy language regarding school attendance excuses for religious purposes and school closure authorizations remains unchanged, though it contains several grammatical errors and redundant words that were present in the original draft.

TECHNICAL

The document header was updated to include 'HB2266 - 572R - H Ver' and 'House Engrossed' status, indicating the bill has passed the House and is in its final form for that chamber.

Statutory markers such as 'START_STATUTE' and 'END_STATUTE' were added to the text of the law, which are used for computerized tracking and editing of the Arizona Revised Statutes.

The layout was adjusted to match the official style of an engrossed bill, including the removal of the 'Introduced by' section and the addition of specific legislative session headers.

The text contains numerous grammatical errors and redundant words (e.g., 'pupil that allows students', 'shall must', 'include including') that were part of the original draft and were not corrected during this formatting update.

Floor votes · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

31–23

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 60

Feb 25, 2026

D Democratic27

23 Nay 4

85% Nay

R Republican33

31 Yea 2

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors