PREFILED DEC 17 2025
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REFERENCE TITLE: animal abuse; database |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026
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SB 1034 |
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Introduced by Senator Kavanagh
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AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE 13, CHAPTER 29, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 13-2910.13; RELATING TO offenses against public order.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-2910.13, to read:
13-2910.13. Animal abuse database
A. The court shall establish and maintain an animal abuse database that includes any person who at the time of the offense was at least eighteen years of age and who was convicted of or found guilty except insane for any of the following offenses, whether completed or preparatory, or the same or a substantially similar offense in another state or jurisdiction:
1. Cruelty to animals pursuant to section 13-2910, subsection a, paragraph 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16 or 19.
2. Animal fighting pursuant to section 13-2910.01.
3. Bestiality pursuant to section 13-1411.
B. The database shall consist only of data from the courts and shall include all of the following:
1. The person's:
(a) Conviction, including the date, level and jurisdiction of conviction.
(b) Date of birth.
(c) Race and physical description.
(d) Photograph and fingerprint, if available.
2. Any names by which the person is known.
3. Whether the person is male or female.
C. The court may accept and spend federal monies and private gifts, grants, contributions and devises to assist in carrying out the purposes of this section. These monies do not revert to the state general fund at the end of a fiscal year.
D. A person who is listed on the database may petition the court to remove the person's record from the database. In the petition, the person shall avow, under penalty of perjury, all of the following:
1. At least five years have elapsed since the person was convicted or found guilty except insane.
2. The person successfully completed any court-ordered animal abuse treatment and any terms and conditions of probation.
3. The person demonstrates to the court the person does not pose a risk to animals.
E. The court shall remove a person's record from the database only if the court determines that the person has satisfied the requirements prescribed in subsection d of this section.