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+type: "Bill"
+title: "insurance; prescription drugs; step therapy"
+description: "insurance; prescription drugs; step therapy"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1270"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1270 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPLICABILITY", "CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES", "CLINICAL REVIEW CRITERIA", "DEFINITIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (DIFI)", "DIFI (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)", "EXCEPTIONS", "EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE", "GENERAL PROVISIONS", "HEALTH CARE INSURANCE (H)", "HEALTH CARE INSURER", "HEALTH CARE PLAN", "HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS (H)", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE", "MEDICALLY NECESSARY (H)", "METHODOLOGIST (H)", "PHARMACEUTICAL SAMPLE", "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS", "PRESCRIPTION DRUGS", "RULEMAKING EXEMPTION", "SERIOUS ADVERSE REACTION (H)", "STEP THERAPY", "STEP THERAPY EXCEPTION", "STEP THERAPY PROTOCOL", "UTILIZATION REVIEW", "UTILIZATION REVIEW ORGANIZATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-21"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e43a64-5071-4f3a-aebd-8be5f1cb1b71"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75032?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "5ee4a8fdb8553302e8d8f0d71d4d9f4679628aae8e16004b3025df5f1c7b9a9b"
+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 1270 (55th-1st-regular) — insurance; prescription drugs; step therapy
+
+## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0431.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1270P.htm)
+3. **SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1270FLOORBARTO.docx.htm)
+4. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1270HHS.DOCX.htm)
+5. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1270RULES.DOCX.htm)
+6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1270S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
+- J.D. Mesnard — cosponsor (person)
+- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)
+- Tyler Pace — cosponsor (person)
+- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
+- **2021-03-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-15** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2021-06-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-28** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-09** 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/84e43a64-5071-4f3a-aebd-8be5f1cb1b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+