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+type: "Bill"
+title: "hazardous vegetation removal; state forester"
+description: "hazardous vegetation removal; state forester"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1442"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1442 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "CONTRIBUTIONS (H)", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "GIFTS (H)", "GRANTS (H)", "HAZARDOUS VEGETATION REMOVAL", "INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS", "PROGRAM TERMINATION (H)", "PUBLIC AGENCY", "PUBLIC LANDS - TITLE 37", "STATE FORESTER", "VEGETATIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS (H)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sine Kerr"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/332145c9-7513-4a8e-8329-c88ac13e3208"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75493?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "bae35d92762e58b4486382e1122cee1166d25c84d5febe136528692e6a250662"
+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 SB 1442 (55th-1st-regular) — hazardous vegetation removal; state forester
+
+## 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/0044.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1442P.htm)
+3. **SENATE - Natural Resources, Energy and Water** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1442NREW.DOCX.htm)
+4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1442S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sine Kerr — primary (person)
+- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
+- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
+- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirsten Engel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosanna Gabaldon — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Shope — cosponsor (person)
+- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-12** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-17** Transmit to House
+- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-09** 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/332145c9-7513-4a8e-8329-c88ac13e3208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+