---
type: "Bill"
title: "yielding to emergency vehicles; penalties"
description: "yielding to emergency vehicles; penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2294"
citation: "Arizona HB 2294 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARIZONA MOVE OVER LAW", "PENALTIES", "RIGHT-OF-WAY", "SHORT TITLE (S)", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28", "VEHICLE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "YIELDING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ff4e35e-6767-4578-9464-517a64ad2d6a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74753?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "ceabff31a138c0bd4f668404a733103c5983963bf15a3d97d62aa481bc50131a"
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 2294 (55th-1st-regular) — yielding to emergency vehicles; penalties

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0292.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Military Affairs & Public Safety** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2294MILITARY AFFAIRS  PUBLIC SAFETY.DOCX.htm)
3. **HOUSE - SUB Floor Amend to MAPS - Payne - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/483048)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2294H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2294P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Pace flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2294PACE0824.docx.htm)
7. **SENATE - Transportation and Technology** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2294TAT.DOCX.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2294S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **48–12** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **50–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-18** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Transmit to House
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** 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/0ff4e35e-6767-4578-9464-517a64ad2d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).