---
type: "Bill"
title: "child placement; procedural time limits"
description: "child placement; procedural time limits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1079"
citation: "Arizona SB 1079 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119c0844-5013-4c83-b259-1a7c3a5c6296"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76359?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "6af711e5b3e3ada497b153ddfd92f41f2d4eb61fd3b5905de32c2c73d97e8f38"
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 1079 (55th-2nd-regular) — child placement; procedural time limits

## 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/55leg/2r/laws/0030.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1079p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1079jud.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1079s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **57–1** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2022-01-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** Transmit to House
- **2022-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-23** 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/119c0844-5013-4c83-b259-1a7c3a5c6296`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).