---
type: "Bill"
title: "insurance; telemedicine"
description: "insurance; telemedicine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1089"
citation: "Arizona SB 1089 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EFFECTIVE DATE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "INSURANCE COVERAGE", "TELEMEDICINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Carter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7149cc83-c3b3-4483-b0a5-feedbcf718e7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71281?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "728a38dbe8b22f4a0d9a094b00935ba605df0e5fffbaeb1a1ee2220c3991fde8"
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 1089 (54th-1st-regular) — insurance; telemedicine

## 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/0111.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1089P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Carter flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1089FLOORCARTER.docx.htm)
4. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1089HHS.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1089S.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Heather Carter — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Charlene R. Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Kelli Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Udall — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-17** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-25** transmit to house
- **2019-04-11** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-15** 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/7149cc83-c3b3-4483-b0a5-feedbcf718e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).