---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCS; foster parent; medical consent"
description: "DCS; foster parent; medical consent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1194"
citation: "Arizona SB 1194 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SAFETY", "CONSENT", "DCS", "FOSTER PARENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e99cfbd-1ace-4d04-b64f-19dc93c04f03"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68967?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "753dad7a5f4122e2cff65b3e3f4565630ac3d1e9ed41f3ac1aa4ed2a66bd17bd"
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 1194 (53rd-1st-regular) — DCS; foster parent; medical consent

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0107.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1194P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1194S.htm)

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-01-24** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-28** transmit to house
- **2017-03-23** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-27** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e99cfbd-1ace-4d04-b64f-19dc93c04f03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).