---
type: "Bill"
title: "air ambulance services"
description: "air ambulance services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2179"
citation: "Arizona HB 2179 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Willoughby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72eec198-6b6e-4813-8bc8-7a9408f8c8d3"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83843?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "4048d7d150dd10a9a3a014970ec5076cc293c8a3c3a7eb1be9bb97e68a467f54"
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 2179 (57th-2nd-regular) — air ambulance services

## 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/0051.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Willoughby - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/537985)
3. **House Engrossed Version (02/23/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2179h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2179p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **56–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Willoughby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2026-01-13** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-02-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** 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/72eec198-6b6e-4813-8bc8-7a9408f8c8d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).