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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "animal ownership; possession; prohibition"
+description: "animal ownership; possession; prohibition"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2483"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2483 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMAL OWNERSHIP (S)", "ANIMALS", "CLASSIFICATION (S)", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DEFINITIONS (S)", "EXCEPTION (S)", "GOOD CAUSE (S)", "HOUSEHOLD (S)", "OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER", "OWNERS", "POSSESSION", "PROHIBITION", "RESTORATION (S)", "TRANSFER OF ANIMALS (S)", "UNLAWFUL (S)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9ff1bf5-4dc1-4af5-a090-55bcf384b922"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75073?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "8960a384e13994afa9f84d8ea57a0cc1fae64f56398652497259609c9e54df7f"
+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 2483 (55th-1st-regular) — animal ownership; possession; prohibition
+
+## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0366.htm)
+2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2483H.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2483P.htm)
+4. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2483FloorMESNARD.docx.htm)
+5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2483S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **44–14** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **40–19** (pass) · lower
+- failed to pass — **15–15** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Kavanagh — primary (person)
+- Aaron Lieberman — cosponsor (person)
+- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)
+- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-28** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-23** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-28** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
+- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-19** 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/c9ff1bf5-4dc1-4af5-a090-55bcf384b922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+