---
type: "Bill"
title: "firefighters; employment status"
description: "firefighters; employment status"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2138"
citation: "Arizona HB 2138 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Way"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91ef4e21-fbb6-4b50-bac1-affecf9ce06c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83784?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "1ef8e704612a84e672158d4a7920564f64d1937b304b17f2e3112145923c2279"
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 2138 (57th-2nd-regular) — firefighters; employment status

## 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/57leg/2r/laws/0047.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Way - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/535690)
3. **House Engrossed Version (02/03/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2138h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2138p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **54–4** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Way — primary (person)
- Chris Lopez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-20** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-02-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** Transmit to House
- **2026-04-08** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** 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/91ef4e21-fbb6-4b50-bac1-affecf9ce06c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).