Arizona 2025 2025 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2789 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/06/2025

                    REFERENCE TITLE: elevator requirements; construction project; employees             State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025           HB 2789           Introduced by  Representatives Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Cavero, Crews, De Los Santos, Garcia, Mrquez, Mathis, Stahl Hamilton; Senators Bravo, Gabaldn, Gonzales, Miranda, Ortiz                    AN ACT   amending title 23, chapter 2, article 12, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 23-491.17; relating to employment practices and working conditions.     (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   

 

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: elevator requirements; construction project; employees
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HB 2789
Introduced by  Representatives Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Cavero, Crews, De Los Santos, Garcia, Mrquez, Mathis, Stahl Hamilton; Senators Bravo, Gabaldn, Gonzales, Miranda, Ortiz

REFERENCE TITLE: elevator requirements; construction project; employees

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

HB 2789

 

Introduced by 

Representatives Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Cavero, Crews, De Los Santos, Garcia, Mrquez, Mathis, Stahl Hamilton; Senators Bravo, Gabaldn, Gonzales, Miranda, Ortiz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 23, chapter 2, article 12, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 23-491.17; relating to employment practices and working conditions.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 23, chapter 2, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-491.17, to read: START_STATUTE23-491.17. Employee use elevators; construction projects; requirements A construction project that is designed to be at least sixty feet above ground level or at least forty-eight feet below ground level shall include an elevator for employee use. The elevator is required to be installed and in proper working condition when the structure reaches thirty-six feet in height that is measured from the ground level to the highest point of the structure that: 1. INcludes all of the following: (a) Parapet walls. (b) Mechanical rooms. (c) Stair towers. (d) Elevator penthouse structures.  2. Does not include: (a) Antennas. (b) Smokestacks.  (c) Flag poles. (d) Any other similar attachments. END_STATUTE 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 23, chapter 2, article 12, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-491.17, to read:

START_STATUTE23-491.17. Employee use elevators; construction projects; requirements

A construction project that is designed to be at least sixty feet above ground level or at least forty-eight feet below ground level shall include an elevator for employee use. The elevator is required to be installed and in proper working condition when the structure reaches thirty-six feet in height that is measured from the ground level to the highest point of the structure that:

1. INcludes all of the following:

(a) Parapet walls.

(b) Mechanical rooms.

(c) Stair towers.

(d) Elevator penthouse structures. 

2. Does not include:

(a) Antennas.

(b) Smokestacks. 

(c) Flag poles.

(d) Any other similar attachments. END_STATUTE