---
type: "Bill"
title: "animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification"
description: "animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1295"
citation: "Arizona SB 1295 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CRUELTY", "ANIMALS", "CLASSIFICATION", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "SERVICE ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/741e4db5-aa48-47c6-a773-72fe0fb2e539"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70414?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "d3f521c00c970ac6f95c9fe35edc4094f160cdbce86d77283ef7ea11e79c31b3"
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 1295 (53rd-2nd-regular) — animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0255.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1295H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1295P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1295S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–13** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **47–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **19–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-23** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** transmit to house
- **2018-03-01** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-11** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-10** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-17** 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/741e4db5-aa48-47c6-a773-72fe0fb2e539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).