---
type: "Bill"
title: "child placement; relative search; notice."
description: "child placement; relative search; notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2313"
citation: "Arizona HB 2313 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abbd228-9b1c-4fdc-94e3-cb51efb75492"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78425?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "7cdb33d176479c5ecf5d90355aab5a251f4e50155d33dc9f8f431976210c6608"
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 HB 2313 (56th-1st-regular) — child placement; relative search; notice.

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0087.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Health & Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/h.2313health  human services.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2313h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2313p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.2313hhs.pdf)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2313s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **48–12** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel Jones — primary (person)
- Cory McGarr — cosponsor (person)
- Justine Wadsack — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Harris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-03-06** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Transmit to House
- **2023-04-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-04-13** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-18** 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/5abbd228-9b1c-4fdc-94e3-cb51efb75492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).