---
type: "Bill"
title: "ambulance services; service areas"
description: "ambulance services; service areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2609"
citation: "Arizona HB 2609 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy M. Burges"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa8667f-86a1-42ef-929e-34eeb073f57b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77304?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "83c449346b31b0f31d12922ae6f51c021e0ad380010878d608b1f4c393ff6dbd"
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 2609 (55th-2nd-regular) — ambulance services; service areas

## 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/0381.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Burges - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/496341)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2609h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2609p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Fann flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2609floorfann.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2609hhs.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2609s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy M. Burges — primary (person)
- Beverly Pingerelli — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Frank P Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Gail Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne Osborne — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Payne — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-09** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** Transmit to House
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-23** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-06-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-06** 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/6aa8667f-86a1-42ef-929e-34eeb073f57b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).