---
type: "Bill"
title: "adult protective services"
description: "adult protective services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1538"
citation: "Arizona SB 1538 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "COUNTIES - TITLE 11", "CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "PRINTING AND NOTICES - TITLE 39", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "TRANSPORTATION - TITLE 28", "WELFARE - TITLE 46"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a572986a-83f6-45d6-a0af-59d077185bd5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72211?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "a7e8769eeabb6b3db8f438871dbc1a88c4dcfcfcf0a4f426e0c8cc8fc70856be"
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 1538 (54th-1st-regular) — adult protective services

## 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/0321.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/H.1538HEALTH  HUMAN SERVICES.DOCX.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1538H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1538P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1538HHS.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1538S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kate Brophy McGee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-07** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
- **2019-03-07** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-21** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-23** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-23** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** passed `passage`
- **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/a572986a-83f6-45d6-a0af-59d077185bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).