---
type: "Bill"
title: "workers' compensation; settings; definition"
description: "workers' compensation; settings; definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1042"
citation: "Arizona SB 1042 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "FEE SCHEDULE", "INJURY (H)", "LABOR - TITLE 23", "SETTINGS", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Livingston"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faa2838a-2461-4809-ab3c-966cfa41584f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74355?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "520926bb3e55b56588313e65340af58cb1a232f124dfdaf79abb3afff4ff265c"
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 (55th-1st-regular) — workers' compensation; settings; definition

## 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/0204.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by COM - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/488467)
3. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1042COMMERCE.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1042H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1042P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Finance - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1042FIN.DOCX.htm)
7. **SENATE - Livingston flr amend (ref FIN) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1042LIVINGSTON0110.docx.htm)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1042S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Livingston — primary (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-24** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** 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/faa2838a-2461-4809-ab3c-966cfa41584f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).