Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB2110: school governing bodies; meetings; prayer
Status: In committee, March 19, 2026
HB2110 - school governing bodies; meetings; prayer
What the bill says
An act amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.08; relating to public educational institutions.
From the engrossed text, February 23, 2026:
AN ACT amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.08; relating to public educational institutions. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-120.08, to meetings; invocation; prohibitions; definition A. On request from any member of a deliberative governing body of a public school or public educational institution in this state, the deliberative governing body shall allow the member to provide an invocation for a meeting of the deliberative governing body if the member makes the request to the presiding officer of the deliberative governing body at least forty-eight hours before the meeting is scheduled to begin. B. For the purposes of this section, the deliberative governing body of: 1. A school district is the school district governing board, if the school district governing board does not have a student member. 2. A charter school is the charter school governing body, if the charter school governing body does not have a student member. 3. A career technical education district is the career technical education district governing board. 4. The Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind is the board of directors established by section 15-1321. 5. …
Sponsors
- Teresa Martinez (R, HD-016) · primary sponsor
- Michael Carbone (R, HD-025)
- Neal Carter (R, HD-015)
- Lisa Fink (R, HD-027)
- Laurin Hendrix (R, HD-014)
- Chris Lopez (R, HD-016)
- Peña, Michele (R)
Latest actions
- : Assigned to Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
- : Senate read second time
- : Senate read first time
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Education: withdrawn
- : Assigned to Education
- : Passed
- : House third reading passed (33 votes)
- : do pass amended
- : House read second time
Votes
- THIRD Passed (February 24, 2026): 33 yea, 23 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (January 26, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- ED DP (January 20, 2026): 8 yea, 4 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2110?
- HB2110 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): school governing bodies; meetings; prayer.
- What does HB2110 do?
- In its own words: An act amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.08; relating to public educational institutions.
- What is the status of HB2110?
- In committee as of March 19, 2026. Latest action: Assigned to Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency (March 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2110?
- Teresa Martinez (R, HD-016), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB2110?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83738/?SessionId=130
Source: official Arizona record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.