# Arizona SB 1198: animal cruelty; classification

Arizona SB 1198, animal cruelty; classification, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Kevin Payne (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-27 (Final Reading: Passed) (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1198
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: animal cruelty; classification
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-19
- Last action: 2025-06-27, Final Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Kevin Payne (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: animal cruelty, classification, criminal code - title 13, cruelty to animals, definitions, felony classification, good cause exception, interference, release conditions, restoration, right to possess animals, service animal, service animals (h), strike everything amendment, transfer of animals, unlawful animal ownership, unlawful animal possession, working animal, working animals (h)
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 9 (150 yes, 44 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Convicted offenders must cover animal losses: mixed, medium. A person convicted under offense paragraphs 6, 10, 11, 18, or 19 must cover specified losses if a working or service animal is injured, killed, or disabled. Costs can include replacement and training, veterinary bills, a handler’s lost pay, and an owner’s contract losses with an agency. The law doe…
- Felonies for harming service and working animals: mixed, medium. Intentionally or knowingly killing or seriously harming a service animal is a class 5 felony. The same level applies to seriously harming a working animal; killing one is a class 4 felony. These felony rules apply when the act lacks legal privilege, the owner’s consent, or legal justification. Inte…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kevin Payne (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-27 | Senate | FINAL: Passed | pass | 27 | 2 |   |
| 2025-06-27 | Senate | CONCUR: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2025-05-20 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 50 | 5 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-31 | Senate | DPA | pass | 11 | 5 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 18 | 9 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | THIRD: failed to pass | pass | 15 | 12 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | RECON_3RD: Passed | pass | 15 | 10 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | DPA/SE | pass | 6 | 1 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-06-27: Final Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-06-27: Concurrence: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-20: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: Additional Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: Miscellaneous Motion: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Committee of the Whole: Retained on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Committee of the Whole: Retained on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: undefined: DPA (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Motion to Reconsider Third: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Third Reading: failed to pass (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: undefined: DPA/SE (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0255.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531492)
- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1198H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529903)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1198P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521616)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1198S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527737)

## Related bills

- HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio (signed)
- HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability (signed)
- HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan (signed)
- HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service (signed)
- HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs (signed)
- SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0255.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531492)
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1198H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529903)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1198P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521616)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1198S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527737)

## Related
- [HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2015-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2077-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2034-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2036-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2035-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1537-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1198-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).