mental health instruction requirement; repeal

Plain English Breakdown

The official status indicates the bill was vetoed; it is unclear if lawmakers successfully overrode that veto.

HB2093: Mental Health Instruction Requirement Repeal

This bill would have required Arizona schools to teach mental health until the requirement was set to end on December 31, 2036.

What This Bill Does

• Requires all health education instruction in Arizona to include mental health instruction.
• Allows mental health lessons to be taught inside a health course or another existing course.
• Directs schools to teach how physical and mental health are connected to help students understand well-being, social learning, attitudes, and behavior.
• Requires the state board of education to consult with mental health experts, local advocacy groups, and the department of education before setting these rules.
• Removes this entire requirement from Arizona law on December 31, 2036.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Board of Education
• Schools that teach health education courses
• Students in those classes

Terms To Know

Repeal

To officially remove a law or rule so it no longer exists.

Delayed repeal

A plan to keep a new rule in place for a set time before removing it later.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill was vetoed by the governor, so these changes did not become law unless lawmakers overrode that decision.
• The text does not list specific topics or lessons schools must teach about mental health beyond general well-being and social learning.

Official Summary Text

HB2093 - mental health instruction requirement; repeal

Current Bill Text

HB2093 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

mental health
instruction requirement; repeal

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2093

AN
ACT

amending section 15-701.03, Arizona
Revised Statutes; repealing section 15-701.03, Arizona Revised Statutes;
relating to school curricula.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 15-701.03, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
15-701.03.

Health education instruction; mental health instruction

In adopting the course of study and competency requirements
pursuant to sections 15-701 and 15-701.01, the state board of
education shall require that all health education instruction include mental
health instruction. �Mental health instruction may be included in a health
course or another existing course
and shall incorporate the
multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and the relationship
of physical and mental health to enhance student understanding, social and
emotional learning, attitudes and behavior that promote health and well-being
. In
adopting the mental health instruction requirement, the state board of
education shall consult with the following:

1. Mental health experts, including representatives
from the department of health services.

2. Mental health advocacy organizations that are
based in this state.

3. The department of education.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Delayed repeal

Section 15-701.03, Arizona Revised
Statutes,
as amended by this act, is repealed
from and after December 31, 2036.