HB 2830 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

fetal and prenatal development; instruction

HB 2830 requires Arizona public schools to include age-appropriate, factual instruction on fetal and prenatal development within science education standards. The bill mandates that this instruction cover biological stages (from fertilization through birth), developmental milestones, and supporting structures like the placenta, while explicitly excluding topics such as sexual activity, contraception, or abortion. The state board of education must adopt these standards and determine suitable grade levels for the content. The law clarifies this instruction is not classified as sex education, so it does not require parental consent or opt-out procedures.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Vetoed

Jun 2026

Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Vetoed Jun 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

House Engrossed Version (02/26/2026) → Senate Engrossed Version (04/13/2026) · 4 edits · Apr 13, 2026

MODERATE

The Senate version removed a section prohibiting abortion providers from providing health education in public schools and deleting the associated funding penalty for non-compliance. The bill now focuses exclusively on adding requirements for instruction on fetal development and parental notice.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing provisions related to abortion providers and health education prohibitions, leaving only the fetal development curriculum requirements.

SCOPE

Deleted Section 1, which prohibited abortion providers from providing health education or distributing materials in public schools.

Modified the bill's introductory text to reflect that it now only amends statutes regarding fetal development instruction rather than both abortion provider restrictions and fetal development.

FISCAL

Removed the mechanism allowing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to withhold state aid from schools that failed to comply with the abortion provider restrictions.

DEFINITION

Deleted definitions for 'abortion clinic' and 'abortion provider' that were specific to the removed health education restrictions.

Floor votes · House Feb 26, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 19, 2026

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Jun 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Apr 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Apr 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors