---
type: "Bill"
title: "workers' compensation; excess insurance policies"
description: "workers' compensation; excess insurance policies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2137"
citation: "Arizona HB 2137 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUNDS", "INSURANCE", "LABOR - TITLE 23", "SPECIAL FUND", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leo Biasiucci"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5928b35a-c106-4064-ad2b-99b4ca3dc32c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71212?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "b91cdf1a80b7bffe34888bd1967110f15497ceec9fcb95560f38e73f9aee504c"
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 2137 (54th-1st-regular) — workers' compensation; excess insurance policies

## 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/0074.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Biasiucci - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/465673)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2137H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2137P.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leo Biasiucci — primary (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-22** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-11** transmit to senate
- **2019-01-28** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-02-11** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** dp `passage`
- **2019-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** transmit to house
- **2019-04-08** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-11** 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/5928b35a-c106-4064-ad2b-99b4ca3dc32c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).