---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arizona department of agriculture; continuation."
description: "Arizona department of agriculture; continuation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1448"
citation: "Arizona SB 1448 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS (H)", "AGRICULTURE - TITLE 3 (H)", "ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (AZDA)", "AZDA (SEE: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)", "CONTINUATION", "COSTS (H)", "DAMAGES (H)", "LIABILITY (H)", "NUISANCE (H)", "PURPOSE", "REPEAL", "RETROACTIVITY", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "STATE PREEMPTION (H)", "TERMINATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sine Kerr"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e313507-22aa-4eaf-ac87-b8962a8cb1ad"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75501?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "2b70edab3a8a34273aaff22a9d6670bfec9405af9f83b1309e2856d9d9949331"
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 1448 (55th-1st-regular) — Arizona department of agriculture; continuation.

## 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/0218.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by LARA - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/488433)
3. **HOUSE - Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.1448LAND AGRICULTURE  RURAL AFFAIRS.DOCX.htm)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1448H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1448P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Natural Resources, Energy and Water** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/S.14480253.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1448S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **34–26** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sine Kerr — primary (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Shope — 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** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** DP `passage`
- **2021-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** 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/3e313507-22aa-4eaf-ac87-b8962a8cb1ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).