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AZ SB1122

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/7/2022

Primary Sponsor

Wendy Rogers

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Allows search and rescue units established or recognized by government entities to possess human remains for training canines used in search and rescue work.

  • Requires sheriffs or their designees to maintain an inventory of human remains kept for training search and rescue canines, updated when remains are received or disposed of.

  • Mandates that search and rescue units establish policies and standard operating procedures for accessing, inventorying, and disposing of human remains used for canine training.

  • Adds search and rescue units as authorized recipients of anatomical gifts, allowing gifts to be directed to sheriffs or county coroners for transfer to canine search and rescue units.

  • Permits human remains to be used for training search and rescue canines as a valid purpose under Arizona's anatomical gift statute when donors have not specified other purposes or when remains cannot be used for transplantation or therapy.

Legislative Description

Human remains; search; rescue; canines

Counties - Title 11

Last Action

Introduced in House and read first time

6/23/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules1/11/2022
Appropriations1/11/2022
Government Institutions1/11/2022

Full Bill Text

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