Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Arizona SB1551: workers' compensation; disability; definitions
Status: Chaptered, April 18, 2025
SB1551 - workers' compensation; disability; definitions
What the bill says
An Act amending sections 23-901, 23-908 and 23-1045, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to workers' compensation.
From the chaptered text, April 23, 2025:
An Act amending sections 23-901, 23-908 and 23-1045, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to workers' compensation. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 23-901, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE23-901. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Award" means the finding or decision of an administrative law judge or the commission as to the amount of compensation or benefit due an injured employee or the dependents of a deceased employee. 2. "Client" means an individual, association, company, firm, partnership, corporation or any other legally recognized entity that is subject to this chapter and that enters into a professional employer agreement with a professional employer organization. 3. "Co-employee" means every person employed by an injured employee's employer. 4. "Commission" means the industrial commission of Arizona. 5. "Compensation" means the compensation and benefits provided by this chapter. 6. "Employee", "workman", "worker" and "operative" means: (a) Every person in the service of this state or a county, city, town, municipal corporation or school district, including regular members of lawfully constituted police and fire departments of cities and towns, whether by election, appointment or contract of hire. (b) Every person in the service of any employer subject to this chapter, including aliens and minors legally or illegally allowed to work for hire, but not including a person …
Sponsors
- Leach, Venden "Vince" (R, SD-017) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 73
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : Passed
- : do pass amended
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Commerce: do pass amended
- : Assigned to Commerce
Votes
- Senate - Third Reading (April 15, 2025): 29 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate - Concurrence (April 15, 2025): 0 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House - Third Reading (April 10, 2025): 40 yea, 19 nay, passed
- House - Committee of the Whole (DPA) (April 9, 2025): 0 yea, 0 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (April 1, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Rules Committee Action (C&P) (April 1, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1551?
- SB1551 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)): workers' compensation; disability; definitions.
- What does SB1551 do?
- In its own words: An Act amending sections 23-901, 23-908 and 23-1045, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to workers' compensation.
- What is the status of SB1551?
- Chaptered as of April 18, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 73 (April 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1551?
- Leach, Venden "Vince" (R, SD-017).
- Where is the official record for SB1551?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82989/?SessionId=129
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