# Arizona SB 1234: animal cruelty; failure to treat

Arizona SB 1234, animal cruelty; failure to treat, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Shawnna Bolick (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-03-17 (Third Reading: Passed) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1234-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1234
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: animal cruelty; failure to treat
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Last action: 2025-03-17, Third Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Shawnna Bolick (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: animal cruelty, classification, criminal code - title 13, cruelty to animals, definitions, failure to treat, interference, release conditions, service animal, working animal
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (29 yes, 4 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shawnna Bolick (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brian Fernandez (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brian Garcia (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Denise “Mitzi” Epstein (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Flavio Bravo (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Frank Carroll (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: John Kavanagh (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lauren Kuby (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Thomas "T.J." Shope (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Timothy "Tim" Dunn (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Venden "Vince" Leach (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 22 | 4 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | DPA | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (8)

- 2025-03-26: undefined: HELD (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: undefined: DPA (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: undefined: W/D (Senate)
- undated: undefined: None (Senate)
- undated: undefined: None (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1234P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521721)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1234S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527459)

## Related bills

- SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act (signed)
- SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education (signed)
- SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services (signed)
- SB 1742: 2025-2026; higher education (signed)
- SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care (signed)
- SB 1738: 2025-2026; commerce (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1234P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521721)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1234S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527459)

## Related
- [SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1735-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1744-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1743-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1742: 2025-2026; higher education](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1742-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1741-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1738: 2025-2026; commerce](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1738-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1234-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-17).