---
type: "Bill"
title: "hazardous vegetation removal; state forester"
description: "hazardous vegetation removal; state forester"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1442"
citation: "Arizona SB 1442 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "CONTRIBUTIONS (H)", "DEFINITIONS (H)", "GIFTS (H)", "GRANTS (H)", "HAZARDOUS VEGETATION REMOVAL", "INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS", "PROGRAM TERMINATION (H)", "PUBLIC AGENCY", "PUBLIC LANDS - TITLE 37", "STATE FORESTER", "VEGETATIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sine Kerr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/332145c9-7513-4a8e-8329-c88ac13e3208"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75493?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "bae35d92762e58b4486382e1122cee1166d25c84d5febe136528692e6a250662"
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 1442 (55th-1st-regular) — hazardous vegetation removal; state forester

## 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/0044.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1442P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Natural Resources, Energy and Water** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1442NREW.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1442S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sine Kerr — primary (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- Jamescita Peshlakai — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kirsten Engel — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Rosanna Gabaldon — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-09** 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/332145c9-7513-4a8e-8329-c88ac13e3208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).