---
type: "Bill"
title: "animal ownership; possession; prohibition"
description: "animal ownership; possession; prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2483"
citation: "Arizona HB 2483 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL OWNERSHIP (S)", "ANIMALS", "CLASSIFICATION (S)", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "DEFINITIONS (S)", "EXCEPTION (S)", "GOOD CAUSE (S)", "HOUSEHOLD (S)", "OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER", "OWNERS", "POSSESSION", "PROHIBITION", "RESTORATION (S)", "TRANSFER OF ANIMALS (S)", "UNLAWFUL (S)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9ff1bf5-4dc1-4af5-a090-55bcf384b922"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75073?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "8960a384e13994afa9f84d8ea57a0cc1fae64f56398652497259609c9e54df7f"
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 HB 2483 (55th-1st-regular) — animal ownership; possession; prohibition

## 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/0366.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2483H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2483P.htm)
4. **SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2483FloorMESNARD.docx.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2483S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **44–14** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **40–19** (pass) · lower
- failed to pass — **15–15** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Aaron Lieberman — cosponsor (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)
- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-24** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** FAILED `failure, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to House
- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** 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/c9ff1bf5-4dc1-4af5-a090-55bcf384b922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).