republic-os/legislation/us/states/az/55th-1st-regular/sb-1270.md

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Bill	insurance; prescription drugs; step therapy	insurance; prescription drugs; step therapy	us/states/az	Arizona Legislature	55th-1st-regular	SB 1270	Arizona SB 1270 (55th-1st-regular)	bill	APPLICABILITY CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES CLINICAL REVIEW CRITERIA DEFINITIONS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (DIFI) DIFI (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS) EXCEPTIONS EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS HEALTH CARE INSURANCE (H) HEALTH CARE INSURER HEALTH CARE PLAN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS (H) INSURANCE INSURANCE - TITLE 20 MEDICALLY APPROPRIATE MEDICALLY NECESSARY (H) METHODOLOGIST (H) PHARMACEUTICAL SAMPLE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS RULEMAKING EXEMPTION SERIOUS ADVERSE REACTION (H) STEP THERAPY STEP THERAPY EXCEPTION STEP THERAPY PROTOCOL UTILIZATION REVIEW UTILIZATION REVIEW ORGANIZATION	enacted	Nancy Barto	6	14	3	2021-01-21	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/84e43a64-5071-4f3a-aebd-8be5f1cb1b71	https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75032?SessionId=123	5ee4a8fdb8553302e8d8f0d71d4d9f4679628aae8e16004b3025df5f1c7b9a9b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-az

Arizona SB 1270 (55th-1st-regular) — insurance; prescription drugs; step therapy

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chaptered Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref Bill) adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. SENATE - Health and Human Services (committee substitute) — source
5. SENATE - Rules (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed — 58–0 (pass) · lower
• do pass amended — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Nancy Barto — primary (person)
• J.D. Mesnard — cosponsor (person)
• Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)
• Tyler Pace — cosponsor (person)
• Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-21 Senate First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-25 Senate Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-02-03 DPA amendment-passage
• 2021-03-02 DPA amendment-passage
• 2021-03-03 PASSED passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-04 Transmit to House
• 2021-03-09 House First Reading. reading-1
• 2021-03-10 House Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-03-15 DP committee-passage
• 2021-03-31 House Placed on Consent Calendar
• 2021-06-28 PASSED passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-28 Transmit to Senate
• 2021-06-30 Transmit to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-09 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84e43a64-5071-4f3a-aebd-8be5f1cb1b71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).