REFERENCE TITLE: national guard; life insurance State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2217 Introduced by Representative Blackman AN ACT amending title 26, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 26-158.01; relating to the national guard. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) REFERENCE TITLE: national guard; life insurance State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2217 Introduced by Representative Blackman REFERENCE TITLE: national guard; life insurance State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2217 Introduced by Representative Blackman AN ACT amending title 26, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 26-158.01; relating to the national guard. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 26, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 26-158.01, to read: START_STATUTE26-158.01. Officers; enlisted personnel; life insurance benefit Officers and enlisted personnel of the Arizona national guard shall be covered, at the state's expense, under a group life insurance program as described in 37 united states code section 707 for a life insurance benefit of $10,000 payable by the provider of the program to the officer's or personnel's named beneficiary or, in the absence of a named beneficiary, pursuant to title 14, chapter 2, article 1. The benefit described in this section is in addition to any benefit provided pursuant to sections 26-158 and 38-1172. END_STATUTE Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 26, chapter 1, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 26-158.01, to read: START_STATUTE26-158.01. Officers; enlisted personnel; life insurance benefit Officers and enlisted personnel of the Arizona national guard shall be covered, at the state's expense, under a group life insurance program as described in 37 united states code section 707 for a life insurance benefit of $10,000 payable by the provider of the program to the officer's or personnel's named beneficiary or, in the absence of a named beneficiary, pursuant to title 14, chapter 2, article 1. The benefit described in this section is in addition to any benefit provided pursuant to sections 26-158 and 38-1172. END_STATUTE