Bill Text: AZ SB1270 | 2025 | Fifty-seventh Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Driving; animals on lap; prohibition

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-24 - Senate minority caucus: Do pass [SB1270 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2025-SB1270-Engrossed.html

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Senate Engrossed

 

driving; animals on lap; prohibition

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

SENATE BILL 1270

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 28, Chapter 3, Article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding Section 28-915; relating to vehicle regulations.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1. Title 28, chapter 3, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-915, to read:

START_STATUTE28-915. Animals on lap; prohibition; civil penalty; exception

A. A person may not operate a vehicle WHILE an animal is on the person's lap.

B. Beginning January 1, 2026, a person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty as follows:

1. At least $75 but not more than $149 for a first violation.

2. At least $150 but not more than $250 for a second or subsequent violation.

C. Except as provided in section 28-3312, a department or agency of this state may not CONSIDER a violation of this section for the PURPOSE of determining whether the person's driver license should be suspended or revoked. END_STATUTE