---
type: "Bill"
title: "department of child safety; continuation"
description: "department of child safety; continuation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2447"
citation: "Arizona HB 2447 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Montenegro"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a346fcd-6413-4861-bee1-d1eca5050802"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80316?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "e325ca28b5da2d09f9b9dc00e1607502b62d80ad5a68129d3adc90a1ae8966e7"
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 2447 (56th-2nd-regular) — department of child safety; continuation

## 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/2r/laws/0143.pdf)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2447h.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2447p.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/s.2447hhs.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/518497)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/hb2447s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **22–8** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **51–7** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **45–12** (pass) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Montenegro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-21** DP `passage`
- **2024-02-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Transmit to House
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-10** 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/0a346fcd-6413-4861-bee1-d1eca5050802`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).