---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMS reciprocity; compact."
description: "EMS reciprocity; compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1235"
citation: "Arizona SB 1235 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0684895-dc95-45b9-bd9a-501d34347292"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84748?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "6b7dafab6bee2ae78debc885ba7474b20914609a51e848de69fe60159905606c"
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 SB 1235 (57th-2nd-regular) — EMS reciprocity; compact.

## 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/0159.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/541293)
3. **House Engrossed Version (04/14/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1235h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1235p.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version (03/03/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1235s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **45–10** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Transmit to House
- **2026-03-19** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-23** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-14** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-14** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-06-09** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-09** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-10** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 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/c0684895-dc95-45b9-bd9a-501d34347292`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).