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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "insurance; preexisting condition exclusions; prohibition"
+description: "insurance; preexisting condition exclusions; prohibition"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "54th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1397"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1397 (54th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CONDITIONAL ENACTMENT", "DEFINITIONS", "EXCLUSION", "GUARANTEED AVAILABILITY", "HEALTH CARE INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "NOTICE", "PREEXISTING CONDITIONS", "PROHIBITION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-29"
+last_action: "2020-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ba07c48-caf5-41de-bfcf-2a020a53083c"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73683?SessionId=122"
+source_hash: "882788eb24cbf8d2b99c58be204665b719bab49085c352d61de090e8a6f09c9c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
+---
+
+# Arizona SB 1397 (54th-2nd-regular) — insurance; preexisting condition exclusions; prohibition
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/laws/0080.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/proposed/H.1397WENINGER.DOCX.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1397P.htm)
+4. **SENATE - Dalessandro flr amend (ref Bill) failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/proposed/S.1397DALESSANDRO01113.docx.htm)
+5. **SENATE - Rios flr amend (ref Bill) failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/proposed/S.1397RIOS0451.docx.htm)
+6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1397S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- failed to pass — **14–15** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **59–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)
+- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
+- Heather Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
+- Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Boyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
+- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Tyler Pace — cosponsor (person)
+- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-30** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-05** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** FAILED `failure`
+- **2020-03-03** DP `passage`
+- **2020-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-03-03** Transmit to House
+- **2020-03-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2020-05-19** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2020-05-20** DP `passage`
+- **2020-05-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-05-21** Transmit to Senate
+- **2020-05-26** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ba07c48-caf5-41de-bfcf-2a020a53083c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+