---
type: "Bill"
title: "unemployment compensation; coronavirus disease"
description: "unemployment compensation; coronavirus disease"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1694"
citation: "Arizona SB 1694 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS", "BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY", "COMPENSATION", "CORONAVIRUS DISEASE", "DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY", "DES", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "LEGISLATIVE INTENT", "REQUIREMENTS", "RETROACTIVITY", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS", "UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Fann"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-18"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53fb84ff-53c6-49db-9177-89d79755eabd"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74231?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "f2474f195008538d23ba8ee447f2f4ded96decaa4b573d90a5c2e4fdc4a8f428"
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 1694 (54th-2nd-regular) — unemployment compensation; coronavirus disease

## 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/0048.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1694P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Fann flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/adopted/S.1694FLOORFANN.docx.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1694S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karen Fann — primary (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-19** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-19** Transmit to House
- **2020-03-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-03-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-27** 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/53fb84ff-53c6-49db-9177-89d79755eabd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).