---
type: "Bill"
title: "surgical smoke evacuation; requirements"
description: "surgical smoke evacuation; requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2434"
citation: "Arizona HB 2434 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amish Shah"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08422e6-d9e6-4a93-82a0-6f0c7f29a389"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76899?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "5b1eae63a44aa027e784103cc400b66c80377a25c44e6bf3639ef27ac597dbe4"
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 2434 (55th-2nd-regular) — surgical smoke evacuation; requirements

## 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/2r/laws/0057.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by HHS - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/494470)
3. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.2434health  human services.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2434h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2434p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **57–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amish Shah — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** 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/c08422e6-d9e6-4a93-82a0-6f0c7f29a389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).