---
type: "Bill"
title: "unlawful food or drink contamination"
description: "unlawful food or drink contamination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1167"
citation: "Arizona SB 1167 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLASSIFICATION", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "CRIMINAL OFFENSES", "DAMAGES", "FOOD OR BEVERAGE CONTAMINATION", "UNLAWFUL FOOD OR DRINK CONTAMINATION (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Shope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2878d139-f2d3-4198-b157-6f58b0ac80e6"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74768?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "9aecda57b7c28a84a32643701b7f314c4bd261ac946577c76c71cdb93128254b"
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 1167 (55th-1st-regular) — unlawful food or drink contamination

## 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/0030.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1167P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1167S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **56–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **20–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas Shope — primary (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-18** 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/2878d139-f2d3-4198-b157-6f58b0ac80e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).