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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "adoption; child welfare; placement; dependency"
+description: "adoption; child welfare; placement; dependency"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "54th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2378"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2378 (54th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADOPTION", "CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8", "DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY", "FOSTER PARENTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2019-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20969c03-e050-49bf-b2fc-4d837c2c5538"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71501?SessionId=121"
+source_hash: "51249c93a535067ec6efe63b30e6efdfd76298f3edd2b778c38cf4fb0f8de5fd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
+---
+
+# Arizona HB 2378 (54th-1st-regular) — adoption; child welfare; placement; dependency
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0137.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to HHS - Barto - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/467935)
+3. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.2378HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
+4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2378H.htm)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2378P.htm)
+6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.2378HHS.DOCX.htm)
+7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2378S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **45–13** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **50–9** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-30** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-07** dpa/se `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-01-31** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-04** transmit to senate
+- **2019-03-05** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-06** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-11** dpa `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-15** transmit to house
+- **2019-04-22** passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-22** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-22** passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-26** signed by governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20969c03-e050-49bf-b2fc-4d837c2c5538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+