---
type: "Bill"
title: "catalytic converter; unlawful use; classification"
description: "catalytic converter; unlawful use; classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1185"
citation: "Arizona SB 1185 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c1ddd7f-537e-45f3-9668-3fff2d9c622e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80655?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "a306dcbad878d9ed6238e4926cab2dd82e3886f5208f5b2c9be6cf13be913af5"
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 1185 (56th-2nd-regular) — catalytic converter; unlawful use; 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/56leg/2r/laws/0231.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Nguyen - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518766)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1185h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1185p.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1185s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **29–27** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **18–10** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **38–21** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **23–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** DP `passage`
- **2024-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Transmit to House
- **2024-02-26** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-11** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-03-18** DP `passage`
- **2024-03-20** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-14** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-06-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-06-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-21** 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/4c1ddd7f-537e-45f3-9668-3fff2d9c622e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).