---
type: "Bill"
title: "animal handling; microchip scan"
description: "animal handling; microchip scan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2626"
citation: "Arizona HB 2626 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/390c0eba-3b75-49cf-9983-a6e8d641d86d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77411?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "a74ea9cd5ca3082cd36116c035a1b091de61236ba5338fa96459ef92d5ad4bc7"
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 2626 (55th-2nd-regular) — animal handling; microchip scan

## 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/2r/laws/0207.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2626h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2626p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.2626gov.pdf)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/hb2626s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **46–12** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **42–15** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-02-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-19** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** Transmit to House
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** 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/390c0eba-3b75-49cf-9983-a6e8d641d86d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).