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legislation/us/states/az/54th-1st-regular/hb-2421.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "animal cruelty; working animal; harassment"
+description: "animal cruelty; working animal; harassment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "54th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2421"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2421 (54th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMAL CRUELTY", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Walter Blackman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-28"
+last_action: "2019-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32ba69ca-c53f-4d38-9bd3-1008c3f327c4"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71552?SessionId=121"
+source_hash: "61d73399d766755da9ea4e020112c45f4ffade0d2879b850ddacbfe44473709e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
+---
+
+# Arizona HB 2421 (54th-1st-regular) — animal cruelty; working animal; harassment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0032.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Blackman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467383)
+3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2421H.htm)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2421P.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Walter Blackman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-28** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-06** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-29** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-25** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-02-11** house placed on consent calendar
+- **2019-02-25** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-27** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-26** transmit to senate
+- **2019-03-07** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-28** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-18** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-18** transmit to house
+- **2019-03-19** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-22** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32ba69ca-c53f-4d38-9bd3-1008c3f327c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
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