---
type: "Bill"
title: "child abuse; investigations; forensic interview"
description: "child abuse; investigations; forensic interview"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2516"
citation: "Arizona HB 2516 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e9597eb-32e6-46db-8ecb-918bcfc0b46d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78658?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "65ba46e402113068161a9d8cd63a2ae51dd6537de96670218b7f6b7343376797"
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 2516 (56th-1st-regular) — child abuse; investigations; forensic interview

## 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/0155.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2516h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2516p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Kern flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/510080)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/hb2516s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-02-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-02-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-10** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Transmit to House
- **2023-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** 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/4e9597eb-32e6-46db-8ecb-918bcfc0b46d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).