# Arizona SB 1838: 2026-2027; health care

Arizona SB 1838, 2026-2027; health care, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-05-04 (Committee of the Whole: do pass); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1838-57th-2nd-regular
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1838
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session
- Title: 2026-2027; health care
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-04-27
- Last action: 2026-05-04, Committee of the Whole: do pass
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: 2026-2027, adoa (see also: department of administration), ahcccs (see also: arizona health care cost containment system), ahcccs transfer, altcs (see also: arizona long-term care system), appropriating monies, arizona health care cost containment system (ahcccs), arizona long-term care system (altcs), budget bills, competency restoration, counties, county acute care contributions, county expenditure limitations, data matching agreements, definition, department of administration (adoa), disproportionate share payments, effective date, exclusion, federal monies, fiscal year 2026-2027, health care, implementation of program, intent, legislative intent, limits, mental health medication utilization, notification, premiums, presumptive eligibility, proposition 204 administration, public health and safety - title 36, quarterly eligibility redetermination, report, review of member eligibility information, risk contingency rate setting, standards, state employee health insurance, training, waiver requests
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (11 yes, 7 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: David C. Farnsworth (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: John Kavanagh (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-04 | Senate | Rules: PFC | pass | 5 | 3 |   |
| 2026-04-28 | Senate | Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DP | pass | 6 | 4 |   |

## Actions (5)

- 2026-05-04: Committee of the Whole: do pass (Senate)
- 2026-05-04: Rules: PFC (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Senate Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DP (Senate)
- 2026-04-27: Senate First Reading (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1838P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542823)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1838S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542995)

## Related bills

- SB 1630: home; community-based services; mental illness (signed)
- SB 1552: ADOT; revisions. (signed)
- SB 1563: barbering and cosmetology board; continuation (signed)
- SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations (signed)
- SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight (signed)
- SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1838P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542823)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1838S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542995)

## Related
- [SB 1630: home; community-based services; mental illness](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1630-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1552: ADOT; revisions.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1552-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1563: barbering and cosmetology board; continuation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1563-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1497-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1336-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1215-57th-2nd-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1838-57th-2nd-regular (as of 2026-11-04).