---
type: "Bill"
title: "animal cruelty; classification"
description: "animal cruelty; classification"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1198"
citation: "Arizona SB 1198 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Payne"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 20
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dd6308d-65a9-4a28-8555-1e74aba4ba69"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82523?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "0831d21ee65e812d699a41e39423e94ecfbc3f1a152cf7e67d8e8e9e019f222a"
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 1198 (57th-1st-regular) — animal cruelty; 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/57leg/1r/laws/0255.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by APPROP - passed as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528874)
3. **HOUSE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528814)
4. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to APPROP - Kolodin - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529898)
5. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Kolodin - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530098)
6. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1198h.pdf)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1198p.pdf)
8. **SENATE - Judiciary and Elections - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525426)
9. **SENATE - Kavanagh flr amend (ref JUDE) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529476)
10. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1198s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **18–9** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **50–5** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **15–10** (pass) · upper
- failed to pass — **15–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Payne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-03-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-24** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-06-27** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-27** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-27** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 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/2dd6308d-65a9-4a28-8555-1e74aba4ba69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).