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legislation/us/states/az/57th-2nd-regular/hb-2138.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "firefighters; employment status"
+description: "firefighters; employment status"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "57th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2138"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2138 (57th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael Way"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-06"
+last_action: "2026-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91ef4e21-fbb6-4b50-bac1-affecf9ce06c"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83784?SessionId=130"
+source_hash: "1ef8e704612a84e672158d4a7920564f64d1937b304b17f2e3112145923c2279"
+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 HB 2138 (57th-2nd-regular) — firefighters; employment status
+
+## 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/57leg/2r/laws/0047.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Way - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/535690)
+3. **House Engrossed Version (02/03/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2138h.pdf)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2138p.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **54–4** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael Way — primary (person)
+- Chris Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-06** Prefiled. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-20** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-26** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2026-02-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-03** Transmit to Senate
+- **2026-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-07** Transmit to House
+- **2026-04-08** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-13** 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/91ef4e21-fbb6-4b50-bac1-affecf9ce06c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
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