---
type: "Bill"
title: "physicians; surgical centers; call coverage"
description: "physicians; surgical centers; call coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2686"
citation: "Arizona HB 2686 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ralph Heap"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea272d4e-30f6-4613-afe7-0a0a08ff8082"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84493?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "fea7b9dc24c621aa30c7f98d8a3b90ec64c0dd777ab0c1804b0f444e2dd05348"
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 2686 (57th-2nd-regular) — physicians; surgical centers; call coverage

## 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/0106.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Heap - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/538703)
3. **House Engrossed Version (02/25/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2686h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/hb2686p.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ralph Heap — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-03-09** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-26** Transmit to House
- **2026-06-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/ea272d4e-30f6-4613-afe7-0a0a08ff8082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).