---
type: "Bill"
title: "animal bites; owner contact information"
description: "animal bites; owner contact information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1241"
citation: "Arizona SB 1241 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03711fd8-d133-4b4a-ab8d-67138e548168"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82591?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "4e34335626354af69c35bab94e14eede5bc0e81bb655c1c2b01cad64a968bfbd"
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 1241 (57th-1st-regular) — animal bites; owner contact information

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0137.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1241p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1241s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **45–5** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-06** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2025-03-26** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-04-21** DP `informal-passage`
- **2025-04-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-05-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** 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/03711fd8-d133-4b4a-ab8d-67138e548168`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).