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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "foster children; education; best interest"
+description: "foster children; education; best interest"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "56th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1205"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1205 (56th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Kaiser"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-30"
+last_action: "2023-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08caa817-7df4-43f0-9140-34248f167d5c"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78816?SessionId=127"
+source_hash: "86e6c585fb1000ddda362a29955f7fa4bf42635e5b8d02fa6a7b3197a15e2578"
+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 1205 (56th-1st-regular) — foster children; education; best interest
+
+## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0117.pdf)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1205p.pdf)
+3. **SENATE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1205approp.pdf)
+4. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1205ed.pdf)
+5. **SENATE - Kaiser flr amend (ref APPROP) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/510017)
+6. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1205rules.pdf)
+7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1205s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **54–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Kaiser — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-15** Transmit to House
+- **2023-03-21** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-28** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-04** House Placed on Consent Calendar
+- **2023-04-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-26** Transmit to Senate
+- **2023-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-08** 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/08caa817-7df4-43f0-9140-34248f167d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+