---
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).