---
type: "Bill"
title: "foster care; children; parents; rights"
description: "foster care; children; parents; rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1186"
citation: "Arizona SB 1186 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Bennett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dec115c-a97e-474f-a4e2-6abc58d8bf64"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78794?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "92a9796e07939b527755515fe01cbe072e480b8ecf6b8a9eba92b26602f1fca3"
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 1186 (56th-1st-regular) — foster care; children; parents; rights

## 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/0157.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/508831)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/508948)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1186h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1186p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1186hhs.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1186s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **23–7** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **46–9** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ken Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-03-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-07** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-26** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-04-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-03** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-15** PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 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/9dec115c-a97e-474f-a4e2-6abc58d8bf64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).