---
type: "Bill"
title: "insurance; small employers; continuation coverage"
description: "insurance; small employers; continuation coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1035"
citation: "Arizona SB 1035 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTINUATION COVERAGE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "SMALL EMPLOYERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a9f2486-3e94-4953-931f-3df5b0216ef6"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71094?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "6a9e4450ea9e124a359aa1aebeeea062206686f33fdb8a07f12e57f3f6a0c180"
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 1035 (54th-1st-regular) — insurance; small employers; continuation coverage

## 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/1R/laws/0183.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1035P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1035S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-11** prefiled. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-04** transmit to house
- **2019-04-30** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-01** 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/0a9f2486-3e94-4953-931f-3df5b0216ef6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).