---
type: "Bill"
title: "workers' compensation; rates; firefighters; cancer."
description: "workers' compensation; rates; firefighters; cancer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1451"
citation: "Arizona SB 1451 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPLICABILITY", "CANCER", "CANCERS", "CLAIM COSTS", "CLAIM INFORMATION", "CLAIMS", "DATA (H)", "DATA SHARING", "DEFINITIONS", "DEVIATIONS (H)", "FIREFIGHTERS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "LABOR - TITLE 23", "LEGISLATIVE INTENT", "PRESUMPTIONS", "RATES", "SCHEDULE RATING PLAN", "UNIFORM PERCENTAGE DEVIATION", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Boyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be276de-e3c4-4af4-9606-d712fcd1d04d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75504?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "2e9768020ca29f89a644c768ed108596dbaf7e71d5f596064eda9504bbd5e2a0"
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 1451 (55th-1st-regular) — workers' compensation; rates; firefighters; cancer.

## 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/1R/laws/0229.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1451P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Boyer flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1451BOYER0829.docx.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1451S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **51–7** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **22–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Boyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-08** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** 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/4be276de-e3c4-4af4-9606-d712fcd1d04d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).