---
type: "Bill"
title: "health insurance; mandated provision prohibited"
description: "health insurance; mandated provision prohibited"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1247"
citation: "Arizona SB 1247 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9", "COUNTIES - TITLE 11", "HEALTH INSURANCE", "MANDATED PROVISION PROHIBITED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d3846ba-93bd-4978-9dda-8e1040b6c827"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70349?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "2bc75ec6be4afe3475a86b738822358139de894d0b74de477a1b0c1fa0492e33"
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 1247 (53rd-2nd-regular) — health insurance; mandated provision prohibited

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0165.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1247P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1247S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **32–24** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **17–13** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
- David C. Farnsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- John Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Burges — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Yee — cosponsor (person)
- Russell Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-03** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** house placed on consent calendar
- **2018-01-18** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-05** transmit to house
- **2018-04-03** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-04** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d3846ba-93bd-4978-9dda-8e1040b6c827`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).