The legislative session has officially come to an end as Governor Doug Ducey signed into law 374 laws and vetoed 14.
The last 25 bills were signed on Thursday. Ducey signed Senate Bill 1248 last. The measure blocks cities from regulating the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores.
The proposal requires pet stores to display the name of the animal's breeder. It also sets standards for allowing commercial breeders to sell their animals in pet stores and would add penalties for pet stores that violate the new rules.
The bill undermines ordinances in Phoenix and Tempe as well as a proposed ordinance in Tucson that requires pet stores only sell rescue and shelter animals in an effort to prevent the sale of animals from puppy mills.
On Thursday, he signed the following bills:
- H.B. 2002 – insurance premium tax reduction
- H.B. 2025 – utilities TPT; sales of propane
- H.B. 2239 – premium tax credit; reciprocal insurers
- H.B. 2326 – agricultural feed; sales; tax exemption
- H.B. 2337 – regulation; deficiencies; opportunity to correct
- H.B. 2445 – motor vehicle insurance; nonrenewal
- H.B. 2481 – schools; primary property tax rates
- H.B. 2487 – state agencies; preapplication authorization; limitations
- H.B. 2495 – sporting event tax revenue; tourism
- H.B. 2533 – charter aircraft; tax exemption
- H.B. 2536 – fine art; TPT exemption
- H.B. 2584 – data center tax relief; qualification
- H.B. 2591 – civil traffic violations; alternative service
- H.B. 2613 – regulatory boards; licensing; revisions
- H.B. 2666 – governor's economic opportunity office; consolidation
- H.B. 2674 – TPT exemption; amateur races
- H.B. 2676 – utilities; manufacturing; smelting; TPT
- S.B. 1109 – Arizona health facilities authority; continuation
- S.B. 1248 – pet store operators; dealers; regulations
- S.B. 1256 – drug lab remediation; assayers; repeal
- S.B. 1280 – empowerment scholarship accounts; eligibility; administration
- S.B. 1356 – business entities; shareholders; officers; directors
- S.B. 1388 – rulemaking exemption; one-year review
- S.B. 1500 – industrial commission of Arizona; omnibus
- S.B. 1505 – tax exemption; natural gas delivery
