---
type: "Bill"
title: "backflow prevention; state fire code"
description: "backflow prevention; state fire code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1042"
citation: "Arizona SB 1042 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BACKFLOW PREVENTION", "FIRE CODE", "OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL", "PUBLIC LANDS - TITLE 37"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-21"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d01fad9-aaa6-4d16-9a59-9e6fa04a3afa"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/69706?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "5cea7fa6d20106fcf8f85f71a95fdd99b66fe5ac96b9f617c60e65c7424e21c8"
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 1042 (53rd-2nd-regular) — backflow prevention; state fire code

## 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/0019.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1042P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1042S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **22–8** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **55–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-13** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-12-21** prefiled. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-29** transmit to house
- **2018-03-13** transmit to senate
- **2018-03-14** 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/0d01fad9-aaa6-4d16-9a59-9e6fa04a3afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).