Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1137: underground facilities; excavations; notification
Status: Chaptered, June 19, 2026
SB1137 - underground facilities; excavations; notification
What the bill says
An act amending sections 40-360.21, 40-360.22, 40-360.23, 40-360.26 and 40-360.28, Arizona revised statutes; amending title 40, chapter 2, article 6.3, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 40-360.33; relating to underground facilities.
From the chaptered text, June 24, 2026:
AN ACT amending sections 40-360.21, 40-360.22, 40-360.23, 40-360.26 and 40-360.28, Arizona revised statutes; amending title 40, chapter 2, article 6.3, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 40-360.33; relating to underground facilities. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 40-360.21, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE40-360.21. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Abandoned" means no longer in service and physically disconnected from a portion of the facility, or from any other facility, that is in use or still carries service. 2. "Apartment community" means any real property that has one or more structures and that contains five or more dwelling units for rent or lease that are subject to title 33, chapter 10. For the purposes of this paragraph, "dwelling unit" has the same meaning prescribed in section 33-1310. 3. "Building official" means the agency or officer employed by a political subdivision of this state and charged with the administration and enforcement of a building code to regulate the quality, type of material and workmanship of construction of buildings or structures. 4. "Careful and prudent manner" means conducting an excavation in such a way that when the excavation is less than or equal to twenty-four inches from an underground facility that is marked with stakes or paint or in some customary manner, …
Sponsors
- John Kavanagh (R, SD-003) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 147
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : House third reading passed (46 votes)
- : Transmitted to Senate
- : Passed
- : House Committee of the Whole
- : do pass amended
- : House read second time
Votes
- FINAL Passed (June 9, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (April 15, 2026): 46 yea, 6 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 30, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- NREW DPA (March 24, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (February 25, 2026): 21 yea, 6 nay, passed
- RAGE DP (January 28, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1137?
- SB1137 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): underground facilities; excavations; notification.
- What does SB1137 do?
- In its own words: An act amending sections 40-360.21, 40-360.22, 40-360.23, 40-360.26 and 40-360.28, Arizona revised statutes; amending title 40, chapter 2, article 6.3, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 40-360.33; relating to underground facilities.
- What is the status of SB1137?
- Chaptered as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 147 (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1137?
- John Kavanagh (R, SD-003).
- Where is the official record for SB1137?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83914/?SessionId=130
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