AZBio Legislative Watch List for 2024
The Arizona Legislature Adjourned Sine Die on June 16, 2024
As Arizona’s Statewide Bioscience Industry Association, AZBio works with our elected leaders to educate and inform on the key issues that will help to make Arizona a Top-Ten Bioscience State and works across our community to support our members, our industry, our healthcare partners, and patient advocacy organizations.
Each year, AZBio publishes its Policy Initiatives as approved by the AZBio Board of Directors.
Click here to view the AZBio Government Affairs Policy Guide for 2024
AZBio is supported at the State Capitol by our contract lobbyists at Dorn Policy Group.
Legislative Deadlines: Second Regular Session, 56th Legislature, 2024
January 2024
- Monday 1/8 – Deadline for pre-files is 12:00 PM
- Thursday 1/11 – Last day for sponsorship of bills before the seven-bill limit begins (5:00 PM)
- Tuesday 1/16* Senate Bill Request Deadline (5:00 p.m.)
- Monday 1/22 Senate Bill Intro Set Preparation Deadline (5:00 p.m.)
- Monday 1/29 Senate Bill Introduction Deadline (5:00 p.m.)
FEBRUARY 2023
- Friday 2/2 – House Bill Request Deadline (5:00 p.m.)
- Monday 2/5 – House Bill Introduction Deadline (5:00 p.m.)
- Friday 2/16 – Last Day to Hear SBs in Senate Committees / Last Day to Hear HBs in House Committees
MARCH 2023
- Friday 3/22 – Last day for House consideration of Senate bills; Last day for Senate consideration of House bills (Note 1)
APRIL 2023
- Friday, 4/12 – Last day for consideration of bills in Conference Committees
- Tuesday, 4/16 100th day of session
- Saturday, April 20, 2023 – Sine Die
Note:
- Appropriations bills have an additional 2 weeks.
Adjournment sine die on Saturday, April 20, 2024– regular sessions shall be adjourned sine die no later than the Saturday of the week in which the 100th day of session falls. (The Speaker and the President may extend the session for a period not to exceed seven additional days. Thereafter, the session can be extended only by a majority vote of the Members.
* 1/16/22 Martin Luther King, Jr./Civil Rights Day
RECAP: The legislative session ended after 160 days.
The last major act of the session was the adoption of the $16.1 billion fiscal year 2025 state budget.
A total of 1,660 bills were introduced this year, 332 were passed by the Legislature, 59 were vetoed by the governor, and 202 were signed into law. Seventy-one are on the governor’s desk awaiting her signature or veto stamp following Sine Die.
Bills signed into law will take effect on September 14.
Tracked Bills in the Second Regular Session, 56th Legislature, 2023
The list below highlights bills that pertain to our areas of focus. As these bills progress, our positions to support, monitor, or oppose will be added. All AZBio Members have the option to add bills to the Watch List. To do so, email AZBio.
Transmitted to the Governor
| HB2174 |
school personnel; emergency glucagon administration – SIGNED |
| HB2599 |
health care appeals – SIGNED |
| SB1021 |
scope of practice; process; repeal –SIGNED |
| HB2045 |
dangerous drugs; definition; xylazine – SIGNED |
| SB1146 |
disclosure; agricultural vaccinations; prohibition VETOED |
| SB1234 |
pharmacy board; virtual manufacturers – 6/15 |
| SB1165 |
pharmacy audit; procedures; prohibition – SIGNED |
| SB1250 |
AHCCCS; claims – SIGNED |
| SB1570 |
psilocybin services; regulation; licensure – VETOED |
Budget Bills signed by the Governor
| HB2897 |
general appropriations act; 2024-2025 |
| HB2898 |
amusements; 2024-2025 |
| HB2899 |
capital outlay; appropriations; 2024-2025 |
| HB2900 |
commerce; 2024-2025 – ACA 5 Year Reauthorization |
| HB2901 |
criminal justice; 2024-2025 |
| HB2902 |
environment; 2024-2025 |
| HB2903 |
health care; 2024-2025 |
| HB2904 |
higher education; 2024-2025 |
| HB2905 |
human services; 2024-2025 |
| HB2906 |
K-12 education; 2024-2025 |
| HB2907 |
local government; 2024-2025 |
| HB2908 |
state buildings; management; 2024-2025 |
| HB2909 |
taxation; 2024-2025 |
| HB2910 |
self-supporting regulatory agencies; funds; 2024-2025 |
| HB2911 |
state budget implementation; 2024-2025 |
Transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Ballot
| HCR2060 |
lawful presence; e-verify program; penalties
(NOW: border; benefits; fentanyl; illegal entry) |
BILLS THAT DID NOT PROGRESS
| HCR2025 |
division; Maricopa county; new counties |
| HB2033 |
department of health services; rulemaking Replaced with a S/E |
| HB2035 |
insurance; claims; appeals; provider credentialing |
| HB2049 |
chiropractic care; diagnostic imaging |
| HB2075 |
appropriation; STEM; learning; workforce development |
| HB2112 |
insurance coverage; hearing aids; children |
| HB2105 |
psilocybin research |
| HB2117 |
workers’ compensation; occupational disease; presumption |
| HB2121 |
cell-cultured animal product; prohibition |
| HB2228 |
AHCCCS; complex rehabilitation technology |
| HB2237 |
developmental disabilities; definition |
| HB2296 |
corporate tax; business income; allocation |
| HB2302 |
workers’ rights; public health emergency |
| HB2343 |
employers; employee salary history; prohibitions |
| HB2344 |
wage disclosure; employee rights |
| HB2406 |
agricultural vaccinations; disclosure NOW: agriculture; hemp; regulation; vaccination; disclosure |
| HB2411 |
insurance; cost sharing; breast examinations |
| HB2417 |
Arizona commerce authority; continuation – Not Heard in S Gov |
| HB2436 |
state contracts; foreign adversary; prohibition |
| HB2442 |
school immunizations; exclusions |
| HB2448 |
school-based health centers; requirements |
| HB2449 |
mental health conditions; medications; prohibitions
(NOW: medication; authorization; mental illness) |
| HB2471 |
rulemaking; legislative approval |
| HB2513 |
AHCCCS; preventative dental care |
| HB2517 |
AHCCCS; obesity treatment; medication |
| HB2558 |
essential drugs; price increases; limits |
| HB2559 |
prescription drugs; price limits. |
| HB2649 |
cancer screening; coverage; gene mutation |
| HB2659 |
prescription drugs; importation program |
| HB2660 |
insurance; claims denial; individual review |
| HB2673 |
higher education; increased costs; restrictions |
| HB2682 |
collective bargaining; warehouse employees; quotas. |
| HB2686 |
health profession regulatory boards |
| HB2710 |
establishment of state-owned bank |
| HB2726 |
utilization review; prior authorization; requirements |
| HB2758 |
rare disease advisory council – not heard S GOV |
| HB2832 |
luxury tax; electronic nicotine systems. |
| HB2890 |
tax credit; care giving expenses |
| SCR1028 |
school districts; expenditure limitation; repeal |
| SB1002 |
drug paraphernalia; testing; analyzing; repeal |
| SB1013 |
government investments; products; fiduciaries; plans |
| SB1019 |
appropriation; health innovation trust fund Not heard in H APPROP |
| SB1020 |
newborn screening; Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| SB1024 |
developmental disabilities; spina bifida – Not heard in H HHS |
| SB1037 |
AHCCCS; comprehensive dental care – Not heard in H HHS |
| SB1043 |
genetic counselors; licensure |
| SB1044 |
Arizona commerce authority; repeal |
| SB1050 |
chiropractic care; diagnostic imaging. FAILED 3rd Read 4/10 |
| SB1164 |
pharmacy benefits; coverage; exemptions (NOW: pharmacy benefits; coverage) |
| SB1152 |
Arizona state university; appropriation reduction |
| SB1209 |
hospitals; fentanyl testing – Not Heard in House |
| SB1251 |
340B drugs; covered entities; distribution |
| SB1253 |
step therapy; exclusion; medical equipment |
| SB1266 |
physical therapists; imaging; laboratory tests |
| SB1362 |
contraception; rights; limits. |
| SB1385 |
appropriation; UArizona; pharmacy lab |
| SB1407 |
employers; vaccines; religious exemption |
| SB1438 |
health insurance coverage; insulin |
| SB1472 |
prohibited uses; public monies |
| SB1478 |
children’s health insurance program; eligibility. |
| SB1532 |
prescription drugs; price limits |
| SB1533 |
prescription drugs; costs; affordability division |
| SB1648 |
agricultural vaccinations; disclosure. Not Heard in House |
| SB1649 |
misbranding; misrepresenting; food products. |
| SB1676 |
antihuman trafficking grant fund; appropriation – S/E ACA 5 YR Continuation – Added in Budget |
| SB1696 |
health insurance; requirements; essential benefits |
