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HB2634 • 2026

study committee; educator health insurance

HB2634 - study committee; educator health insurance

Education Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Mariana Sandoval, Anna Abeytia, Cesar Aguilar, Lorena Austin, Janeen Connolly, Lupe Contreras, Patty Contreras, Brian Garcia, Sarah Liguori, Elda Luna-Nájera, Aaron Márquez, Mae Peshlakai, Stephanie Simacek, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, Myron Tsosie, Betty J Villegas
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on how the committee will be funded or what happens after the report is submitted, leaving these points uncertain.

Study Committee for Educator Health Insurance

This bill establishes a study committee to examine costs and recommend ways to provide affordable health insurance to educators and their families.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates the 'study committee on educator health insurance costs'.
  • The committee includes members from various parts of Arizona's education system, such as school boards, teacher organizations, and health insurance trusts.
  • Examines the costs associated with providing health insurance to educators and their families.
  • Recommends ways to provide high-quality, affordable health insurance for both schools and employees.
  • The committee must submit a report by November 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School districts in Arizona
  • Teachers and school employees in Arizona
  • Health insurance providers that work with Arizona's school districts

Terms To Know

Study Committee
A group of people who look into a specific topic to make recommendations.
Affordable Health Insurance
Health insurance that costs less and is easier for people to pay for.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the committee will be funded.
  • It's unclear what actions, if any, will follow after the report is submitted.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-01-20 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-20 House

    House Education: None

  4. 2026-01-20 House

    House Health & Human Services: None

  5. 2026-01-20 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2634 - study committee; educator health insurance

Current Bill Text

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HB2634 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
study committee; educator health insurance

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2634

Introduced by

Representatives
Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Connolly, Contreras L, Contreras P,
Garcia, Liguori, Luna-N�jera, M�rquez, Peshlakai, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton,
Tsosie, Villegas

AN
ACT

establishing the study committee on
educator health insurance costs.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Study
committee on educator health insurance costs; membership; duties; report; delayed
repeal

A. The study committee on
educator health insurance costs is established consisting of the following
members:

1. A representative from a
health insurance trust that provides health insurance to school districts in
this state. This member is appointed by the president of the senate.

2. A representative from a
school district that provides its own health insurance to its
employees. This member is appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives.

3. A teacher from a rural
school district who is appointed by a statewide organization representing
teachers.

4. A teacher from an urban
school district who is appointed by a statewide organization representing
teachers.

5. Two school district
superintendents, one from a rural school district and one from an urban school
district, who are appointed by a school administrators association in this
state that works with students, teachers, parents and the community to make
schools in this state safe, welcoming, collaborative and effective learning
environments for all students.

6. Two representatives from
school district governing boards, one from a rural school district governing
board and one from an urban school district governing board, who are appointed
by a school board association in this state that provides training, leadership
and essential services to public school governing boards statewide.

7. A classified school
district employee who is appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives.

B. The study committee on
educator health insurance costs shall:

1. Examine the costs to
both school districts and school district employees that are associated with
providing health insurance to both school district employees and their
dependents.� The study committee may examine plans that are currently offered
by school districts in this state.

2. Recommend ways in which
high quality health insurance that covers both employees and their dependents
can be provided to both school district employees and their dependents in a
manner that is affordable to both school districts and school district
employees.

3. Submit a report
regarding the study committee's activities, findings and recommendations to the
governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of
representatives on or before November 1, 2027 and provide a copy of this report
to the secretary of state.

C. This section is repealed
from and after October 31, 2028.