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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "DCS; policies; procedures"
+description: "DCS; policies; procedures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "57th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1496"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1496 (57th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carine Werner"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2026-01-29"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/265f4e8c-0c38-4d7a-b920-a0dc46bf769c"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85093?SessionId=130"
+source_hash: "b66375f4000471f4d320224f64f7802c1604cc024f47e175ac871950f802877f"
+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 1496 (57th-2nd-regular) — DCS; policies; procedures
+
+## 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/57leg/2r/laws/0181.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Bliss - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543634)
+3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to HHS - Bliss - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543015)
+4. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/541298)
+5. **House Engrossed Version (06/11/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1496h.pdf)
+6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1496p.pdf)
+7. **SENATE - Werner flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/539116)
+8. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/26/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1496s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **38–20** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **20–9** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **18–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carine Werner — primary (person)
+- Hildy Angius — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-11** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-27** Transmit to House
+- **2026-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-05-05** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-06-10** PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-06-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** Transmit to Senate
+- **2026-06-12** PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-06-12** PASSED `passage`
+- **2026-06-12** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 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/265f4e8c-0c38-4d7a-b920-a0dc46bf769c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+