HB 2787: ground ambulances; registration - Arizona

Senate Engrossed Version → Chaptered Version · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was formatted and reorganized into a Chaptered Version with consistent statutory language. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, though some text inconsistencies were corrected (e.g., 'upon ON any' became 'upon any', 'who THAT complies' became 'who complies'). A new Section 3 was added to provide a one-time grace period for ambulance registration renewals that lapsed between March 2022 and August 2024, allowing those registrations to be considered valid if outstanding fees are paid.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on ambulance registration requirements, fees, and exemptions in Arizona, with no change to the overall applicability or jurisdiction.

TIMELINE

Added Section 3 to grant a one-time grace period for ambulance registration renewals that lapsed between March 31, 2022 and August 1, 2024, allowing expired registrations to be considered valid if all owed fees are paid.

TECHNICAL

Corrected grammatical and formatting inconsistencies in the statutory text, such as removing redundant words ('upon ON', 'who THAT') and standardizing fee notation ('$50' vs 'fifty dollars $50').

Reorganized the document structure from a Senate Engrossed format to a Chaptered Version format with consistent headers and page numbering.

House Engrossed Version → Senate Engrossed Version · 5 edits · May 6, 2025

MODERATE

This bill amends Arizona's ambulance registration laws to clarify how certificates of registration are issued, renewed, and terminated. It establishes a new fee cap of $50 per ambulance for initial registration and renewal, exempts volunteer non-profit services from fees, and creates a process for correcting lapsed registrations due to administrative errors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill also adds requirements for re-registration when ambulance ownership changes and sets a repeal date for the corrective action provisions.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of section 36-2212 to include explicit termination rules for ownership changes and clarifies the department's authority to allow registrations to remain valid during inspection delays.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that ambulance registration certificates terminate upon change of ownership or control, requiring new owners to obtain fresh registration before operating.

Removed references to COVID-19 executive orders and administrative orders that previously provided temporary relief from registration requirements.

FISCAL

Set maximum registration and renewal fees at $50 per ambulance and exempted volunteer non-profit ambulance services from paying fees.

ELIGIBILITY

Created a corrective action provision allowing ambulance registrations that lapsed between March 2022 and August 2024 to be considered valid if owners pay owed fees.

TIMELINE

Established December 31, 2025 as the effective date for the amended registration requirements and as the repeal date for the corrective action provisions.

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version · 3 edits · May 6, 2025

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard introduced version to a house engrossed version with improved layout and formatting. The substantive policy content, including fee amounts, registration requirements, and retroactive application dates, remains unchanged. The only notable substantive change is the removal of the emergency measure designation in Section 4, indicating the bill is no longer being treated as an urgent measure.

TIMELINE

The emergency measure designation was removed from Section 4, changing the bill from an immediate operative measure to one subject to standard legislative timelines.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to a house engrossed version with improved layout, spacing, and section numbering.

Minor text corrections were made throughout, including removing redundant words like 'ON' and 'THAT' in Section 1.

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