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legislation/us/states/az/54th-1st-regular/sb-1246.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "behavioral health; foster children"
+description: "behavioral health; foster children"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "54th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1246"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1246 (54th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BEHAVIORAL HEALTH", "CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8", "CHILD WELFARE AND PLACEMENT", "CONDITIONAL ENACTMENT", "EFFECTIVE DATE", "FOSTER CHILDREN", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-29"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4839cdf2-c06e-4d62-bff6-36adc8b8349b"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71849?SessionId=121"
+source_hash: "9c89eb341733e8ca6e0ad964a8684f52cc2632e668302bd040ee703caccc73d5"
+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 SB 1246 (54th-1st-regular) — behavioral health; foster children
+
+## 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/0305.htm)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1246P.htm)
+3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1246S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **59–1** (pass) · lower
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)
+- Heather Carter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-29** senate first reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-13** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-30** senate second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-26** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-07** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** transmit to house
+- **2019-03-12** house first reading. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-29** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-13** house second reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-03** dp `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-27** dp `passage`
+- **2019-05-27** transmit to senate
+- **2019-05-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-05-27** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-07** 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/4839cdf2-c06e-4d62-bff6-36adc8b8349b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+