{"id":"SEC-15-088","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arizona","state":"AZ","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Arizona Legislature (HB 2898, budget reconciliation, signed June 30, 2021); Maricopa County Superior Court (Cooper, J.)","authority":"A.R.S. 15-342.05 (as enacted by HB 2898, 2021)","instrument":"A.R.S. 15-342.05 (prohibiting school districts and charter schools from requiring face coverings), effective Sept. 29, 2021; held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Arizona School Boards Ass\u0027n v. State, Maricopa County Superior Court), affirmed Nov. 2, 2021 (Ariz.)","title":"HB 2898 school mask-mandate prohibition and its invalidation","dateIssued":"2021-06-30","effective":"Scheduled Sept. 29, 2021; never took effect","end":"Held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Ballotpedia: Sept. 26 ruling; Aug. 16, 2021 ruling that the ban would not take effect until Sept. 29)","startDate":"2021-09-29","endDate":"","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["school districts and charter schools"],"clause":"","enforcement":"Statute; Governor\u0027s Aug. 16-17, 2021 withholding of federal relief grants from districts with mask requirements (Ex. SEC-15-003)","functions":["IN","TR","AC","WF","CB"],"notes":"Ballotpedia (Ex. SEC-15-003): \u0027Aug. 16, 2021: Gov. Doug Ducey (R) said he would withhold school grants... from schools that implemented mask requirements. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner ruled that a state law banning school mask requirements would not take effect until Sept. 29\u0027; \u0027Sept. 26, 2021: Arizona Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled Arizona\u0027s school mask requirement ban was unconstitutional.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/laws/0404.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":670537,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-088","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-088","citation":"Arizona Legislature (HB 2898, budget reconciliation, signed June 30, 2021); Maricopa County Superior Court (Cooper, J.), A.R.S. 15-342.05 (prohibiting school districts and charter schools from requiring face coverings), effective Sept. 29, 2021; held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Arizona School Boards Ass\u0027n v. State, Maricopa County Superior Court), affirmed Nov. 2, 2021 (Ariz.) (June 30, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-088)","stateName":"Arizona","related":["SEC-15-003"]}