---
type: "Bill"
title: "health information; confidentiality; medical examiner"
description: "health information; confidentiality; medical examiner"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1240"
citation: "Arizona SB 1240 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "HEALTH INFORMATION", "MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/319e9bd4-f0b5-4091-9a89-500c149e4147"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71843?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "714aa5df996e3ba436a171cbc1b8877b1bb9935dfec3ede926d88a23b2739187"
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 1240 (54th-1st-regular) — health information; confidentiality; medical examiner

## 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/0239.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1240P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1240S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
- **2019-05-13** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-14** 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/319e9bd4-f0b5-4091-9a89-500c149e4147`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).