HCM 2007 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

state route 69; urge renaming

HCM 2007 is a memorial resolution proposing to rename five equal sections of Arizona's State Route 69 as Veterans Memorial Highways, honoring specific conflicts: World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and Iraq/Afghanistan wars. It directs the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names to implement this change by dividing the highway into five segments with the designated names. This is a naming resolution, not a substantive law, and does not alter regulations, funding, or public policy. The bill is currently pending with the State Board after passing initial House readings.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2026 Last action Apr 16, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version (02/23/2026) · 4 edits · Apr 15, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered and formatted for the House Engrossed version, but its core policy was significantly modified to include earlier conflicts. The most important change is the addition of World War I and the reorganization of the remaining memorial sections to cover six distinct periods instead of five.

Scope change

The scope of the memorial highway renaming was expanded to include World War I, while the specific designations for subsequent wars were adjusted to fit a six-section division.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement to divide State Route 69 changed from five equal sections to six equal sections to accommodate the inclusion of World War I.

A new memorial section was added for World War I Veterans, which was previously absent from the introduced version.

The list of specific war memorials was reordered to start with World War I, followed by World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and Iraq/Afghanistan.

TECHNICAL

The document header and title were updated to reflect the 'House Engrossed' status and the specific bill number HCM2007-572R-H Ver.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2026 · House Feb 23, 2026

How they voted

20–8

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 30

Apr 15, 2026

D Democratic13

3 Yea 8 Nay 2

61% Nay

R Republican17

17 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Apr 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

upper

Feb 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors