---
type: "Bill"
title: "extended foster care program"
description: "extended foster care program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1539"
citation: "Arizona SB 1539 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD SAFETY - TITLE 8", "EXTENDED FOSTER CARE PROGRAM", "FOSTER CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kate Brophy McGee"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ad4552-e073-40c0-92a1-bd15edaa3bc5"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72212?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "18c950e911708645d904247115c7ab3385a9795a48c8e7c985b00dcec0bfc25a"
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 1539 (54th-1st-regular) — extended foster care program

## 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/0262.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Barto - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/471379)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1539H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1539P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Brophy McGee flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1539FLOORBROPHY MCGEE.docx.htm)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1539HHS.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1539S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **20–9** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · 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`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** transmit to house
- **2019-03-07** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-08** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-05-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** passed `passage`
- **2019-05-27** 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/f4ad4552-e073-40c0-92a1-bd15edaa3bc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).