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 establishes a committee but does not mandate any specific changes to insurance plans or funding until the report is reviewed by officials.

HB2634: Study Committee on Educator Health Insurance Costs

This bill creates a temporary committee to study the costs of health insurance for school staff and their families, then recommend ways to make high-quality coverage affordable.

What This Bill Does

Establishes the 'Study Committee on Educator Health Insurance Costs' with specific members from schools, teacher groups, and insurance trusts.
Requires the committee to examine how much health insurance costs for both school districts and employees, including dependents.
Asks the committee to recommend ways to provide high-quality coverage that is affordable for everyone involved.
Mandates that the committee submit a report with findings and recommendations by November 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

School districts in Arizona
Teachers from rural and urban areas
Classified school employees
Health insurance trusts that cover schools

Terms To Know

Study Committee: A temporary group formed to research a specific topic, make recommendations, and write a report.
Dependents: Family members covered by an employee's health insurance plan, as mentioned in the bill regarding costs for employees and their dependents.

Limits and Unknowns

The committee is only studying options; it does not change current laws or immediately lower costs.
Specific recommendations are unknown until the report is submitted by November 1, 2027.
This law automatically ends on October 31, 2028.

Bill History

2026-01-21 House
House second read
2026-01-20 House
House Rules: None
2026-01-20 House
House Education: None
2026-01-20 House
House Health & Human Services: None
2026-01-20 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2634 - study committee; educator health insurance

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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.