unlawful sale; animals

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on the exact locations where selling animals is prohibited.

Unlawful Sale of Animals

This bill makes it illegal to sell, market, offer, barter, give away, display or advertise for sale or adoption animals in certain locations in counties with a population of at least 500,000 people.

What This Bill Does

• Makes it against the law to sell, market, offer, barter, give away, display, or advertise an animal on public highways, streets, parks, and adjacent public property in counties with a population of at least 500,000 people.
• Exempts retail sales from pet stores, sales by animal shelters, humane societies, rescue organizations, educational institutions, agricultural organizations, rodeos, auctions, county fairs, stock shows, or other sanctioned livestock events from the restrictions.
• Changes the penalty for violating this law to a petty offense instead of a civil fine up to $50.
• Increases the penalty to a class 1 misdemeanor for second or subsequent violations.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who sell, market, offer, barter, give away, display, or advertise animals in public areas of counties with at least 500,000 people.
• Pet stores, animal shelters, humane societies, rescue organizations, educational institutions, agricultural organizations, rodeos, auctions, county fairs, stock shows, and other sanctioned livestock events.

Terms To Know

Animal

Any living species of mammal, bird, amphibian or reptile.

Pet store

A retail business that sells animals and pet supplies.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact locations where selling animals is prohibited.
• It is unclear how this law will be enforced or what resources will be allocated for enforcement.

Official Summary Text

SB1675 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1675

unlawful sale; animals

Purpose

Deems it
unlawful, in a county with a population of 500,000 persons or more, to market,
offer, barter, give away, display, advertise for sale or advertise for
adoption, an animal in statutorily prescribed locations. Deems it unlawful to
sell an animal in statutorily prescribed locations in a county of 500,000 persons
or more, rather than 800,000 persons or more.

Background

In a county with
a population of 800,000 persons or more, a person commits the
unlawful
public sale of animals
by knowingly selling an animal on: 1) any public
highway, street or park or any public property adjacent to a public highway,
street or park; or 2) any commercial private property without the express
consent of the owner or lessee of the property. The
unlawful public sale of
animals
does not apply to: 1) retail sales on the premises of a pet store;
2) sales by a publicly operated or private, charitable nonprofit pound, humane
society, animal rescue organization or educational or agricultural
organization; or 3) any rodeo, auction market, county fair, stock show or other
sanctioned livestock exhibit event. A person who is found responsible for a violation
of the
unlawful public sale of animals
is subject to a civil penalty of
up to $50 (
A.R.S.
� 44-1799.71
).

A class 1
misdemeanor carries a maximum imprisonment sentence of six months and a fine of
up to $2,500 to be determined by the court (A.R.S. ��
13-707

and
13-802
).

There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

1.

Deems it unlawful, in a county with a population of 500,000 persons or
more, to market, offer, barter, give away, display, advertise for sale or
advertise for adoption an animal in statutorily prescribed locations.

2.

Deems it unlawful to sell an animal in statutorily prescribed locations
in a county of 500,000 persons or more, rather than 800,000 persons or more.

3.

Exempts animal shelters from the prohibition on the
unlawful public
sale of animals
.

4.

Deems that a person who commits the
unlawful public sale of animals

is guilty of a petty offense, rather than a civil penalty of up to $50.

5.

Deems that a second or subsequent violation of the
unlawful public
sale of animals
is a class 1 misdemeanor.

6.

Makes technical changes.

7.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 13, 2026

SB/hk

Current Bill Text

SB1675 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
unlawful sale; animals

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1675

Introduced by

Senator
Kavanagh

AN
ACT

providing for transferring and renumbering;
amending section 13-2910.13, Arizona Revised Statutes, AS TRANSFERRED AND
RENUMBERED; 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. Section 44-1799.71, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is transferred and renumbered for placement in title 13, chapter 29,
Arizona Revised Statutes, as section 13-2910.13 and, as so renumbered, is
amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-2910.13.

Unlawful public sale of animals; classification; definitions

A. In a county with a population of
eight
five
hundred thousand persons or more,
a person
commits the unlawful public sale of animals by knowingly selling

it is unlawful for a person to sell, market, offer, barter, give away,
display, advertise for sale or advertise for adoption
an animal on:

1. Any public highway, street or park or any public
property adjacent to a public highway, street or park.

2. Any commercial private property without the
express consent of the owner or lessee of the property.

B. Subsection A
of this section
does
not apply to:

1. Retail sales on the premises of a pet store.

2. Sales by a publicly operated or private,
charitable nonprofit pound, humane society, animal rescue organization
, animal shelter
or educational or agricultural organization.

3. Any rodeo, auction market, county fair, stock
show or other sanctioned livestock exhibit event.

C. A person who
is found responsible
for a violation of
violates
this section is
subject to a civil penalty of not more than fifty dollars
guilty of a petty offense, except that a second or subsequent
violation is a class 1 misdemeanor
.

D. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Animal" means any living species of
mammal, bird, amphibian or reptile.

2. "Pet store" has the same meaning
prescribed in section 44-1799.
END_STATUTE