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type: "Bill"
title: "insurance; preexisting condition exclusions; prohibition"
description: "insurance; preexisting condition exclusions; prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1397"
citation: "Arizona SB 1397 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONDITIONAL ENACTMENT", "DEFINITIONS", "EXCLUSION", "GUARANTEED AVAILABILITY", "HEALTH CARE INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE - TITLE 20", "NOTICE", "PREEXISTING CONDITIONS", "PROHIBITION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ba07c48-caf5-41de-bfcf-2a020a53083c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73683?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "882788eb24cbf8d2b99c58be204665b719bab49085c352d61de090e8a6f09c9c"
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 1397 (54th-2nd-regular) — insurance; preexisting condition exclusions; prohibition
## 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/54leg/2R/laws/0080.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/proposed/H.1397WENINGER.DOCX.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1397P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Dalessandro flr amend (ref Bill) failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/proposed/S.1397DALESSANDRO01113.docx.htm)
5. **SENATE - Rios flr amend (ref Bill) failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/proposed/S.1397RIOS0451.docx.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1397S.htm)
## Votes
- do pass — **00** (fail) · lower
- retained — **00** (fail) · upper
- failed to pass — **1415** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **300** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **00** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **591** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Pratt — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Weninger — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Brophy McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Tyler Pace — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** FAILED `failure`
- **2020-03-03** DP `passage`
- **2020-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Transmit to House
- **2020-03-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-20** DP `passage`
- **2020-05-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-21** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-05-26** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-05** 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/7ba07c48-caf5-41de-bfcf-2a020a53083c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).