republic-os/legislation/us/states/az/55th-1st-regular/hb-2483.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	animal ownership; possession; prohibition	animal ownership; possession; prohibition	us/states/az	Arizona Legislature	55th-1st-regular	HB 2483	Arizona HB 2483 (55th-1st-regular)	bill	ANIMAL OWNERSHIP (S) ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION (S) CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13 DEFINITIONS (S) EXCEPTION (S) GOOD CAUSE (S) HOUSEHOLD (S) OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER OWNERS POSSESSION PROHIBITION RESTORATION (S) TRANSFER OF ANIMALS (S) UNLAWFUL (S)	enacted	John Kavanagh	5	18	7	2021-01-27	2021-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/c9ff1bf5-4dc1-4af5-a090-55bcf384b922	https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75073?SessionId=123	8960a384e13994afa9f84d8ea57a0cc1fae64f56398652497259609c9e54df7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-az

Arizona HB 2483 (55th-1st-regular) — animal ownership; possession; prohibition

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chaptered Version (committee substitute) — source
2. House Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. SENATE - Mesnard flr amend (ref Bill) adopted (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Passed — 44–14 (pass) · lower
• do pass amended — 0–0 (fail) · upper
• Passed — 40–19 (pass) · lower
• failed to pass — 15–15 (fail) · upper
• Passed — 16–14 (pass) · upper
• Passed — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• John Kavanagh — primary (person)
• Aaron Lieberman — cosponsor (person)
• Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. Longdon — cosponsor (person)
• Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-27 House First Reading. reading-1
• 2021-01-28 House Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-02-10 DP committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 House Placed on Consent Calendar
• 2021-02-23 PASSED passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-23 Transmit to Senate
• 2021-02-24 Senate First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-25 Senate Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-03-17 DP committee-passage
• 2021-04-28 DPA amendment-passage
• 2021-04-28 FAILED failure, reading-3
• 2021-04-28 PASSED passage
• 2021-04-28 PASSED passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-28 Transmit to House
• 2021-05-13 PASSED passage
• 2021-05-13 PASSED passage
• 2021-05-13 Transmit to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9ff1bf5-4dc1-4af5-a090-55bcf384b922. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).