Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers
Status: Chaptered, June 22, 2026
SB1215 - firefighters; occupational disease; cancers
What the bill says
An act amending sections 23-901.01 and 23-901.09, arizona revised statutes; relating to workers' compensation.
From the chaptered text, July 1, 2026:
AN ACT amending sections 23-901.01 and 23-901.09, arizona revised statutes; relating to workers' compensation. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 23-901.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to proximate causation; presumption; definition A. The occupational diseases as defined by section 23-901, paragraph 13, subdivision (c) shall be is deemed to arise out of the employment only if all of the following six requirements exist: 1. There is a direct causal connection between the conditions under which the work is performed and the occupational disease. 2. The disease can be seen to have followed as a natural incident of the work as a result of the exposure occasioned by the nature of the employment. 3. The disease can be fairly traced to the employment as the proximate cause. 4. The disease does not come from a hazard to which workers would have been equally exposed outside of the employment. 5. The disease is incidental to the character of the business and not independent of the relation of employer and employee. 6. The disease after its contraction appears to have had its origin in a risk connected with the employment, and to have flowed from that source as a natural consequence, although it need not have been foreseen or expected. B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section and section …
Sponsors
- Kevin Payne (R, HD-027) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 219
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : House third reading passed (53 votes)
- : Transmitted to Senate
- : Passed
- : House Committee of the Whole
- : do pass amended
- : House read second time
Votes
- FINAL Passed (June 11, 2026): 26 yea, 1 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (April 27, 2026): 53 yea, 4 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 30, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- PSLE DPA (March 23, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (March 2, 2026): 27 yea, 2 nay, passed
- FIN DPA (February 2, 2026): 6 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1215?
- SB1215 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): firefighters; occupational disease; cancers.
- What does SB1215 do?
- In its own words: An act amending sections 23-901.01 and 23-901.09, arizona revised statutes; relating to workers' compensation.
- What is the status of SB1215?
- Chaptered as of June 22, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 219 (June 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1215?
- Kevin Payne (R, HD-027).
- Where is the official record for SB1215?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84353/?SessionId=130
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