REFERENCE TITLE: unlawful wildlife feeding; enforcement; penalty

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

HB 2224

Introduced by

Representatives Gress: Bliss, Carter P;  Senator Kavanagh

AN ACT

amending section 13-2927, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to offenses against public order.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 13-2927, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-2927. Unlawful feeding of wildlife; classification

A. A person commits unlawful feeding of wildlife by intentionally, knowingly or recklessly feeding, attracting or otherwise enticing wildlife into an area or creating a wildlife habitat, except for:

1. Persons lawfully taking or holding wildlife pursuant to title 17 or pursuant to rules or orders of the Arizona game and fish commission.

2. Public employees or authorized agents acting within the scope of their authority for public safety or for wildlife management purposes.

3. Normal agricultural or livestock operational practices.

4. Tree squirrels or birds.

B. This section applies in a county with a population of more than two hundred eighty thousand persons.

C. B. Unlawful feeding of wildlife is a petty offense except that, nOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 13-802, if the offense occurs IN A CITY OR TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS, the defendant shall be sentenced to pay a fine in the amount of $1,000. END_STATUTE