---
type: "Bill"
title: "veterinarian visits; electronic means; prescriptions"
description: "veterinarian visits; electronic means; prescriptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1286"
citation: "Arizona SB 1286 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaad9c21-3ebc-48e1-b55e-f666f6b40d91"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84810?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "a746c49b8ec5dd611fcf75ea53612888dc090b90ab5db34d0f4c6b926f5b32ed"
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 1286 (57th-2nd-regular) — veterinarian visits; electronic means; prescriptions

## 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/2r/laws/0167.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1286p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Kavanagh flr amend (ref RAGE) failed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/539302)
4. **SENATE - Kavanagh flr amend (ref Senate Engrossed Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/540575)
5. **SENATE - Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/537862)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version (03/16/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1286s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-16** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-16** Transmit to House
- **2026-03-17** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-18** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-31** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2026-06-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-02** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-06-09** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 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/aaad9c21-3ebc-48e1-b55e-f666f6b40d91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).