---
type: "Bill"
title: "permanency placement; grandparent; priority"
description: "permanency placement; grandparent; priority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1500"
citation: "Arizona SB 1500 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David C. Farnsworth"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb13152a-f533-4182-afa3-d2c6c0a3a084"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82930?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "26616a9147bd484b3e3a2ff0fa600da096f52e04508eeffd786853ee54eb0f63"
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 1500 (57th-1st-regular) — permanency placement; grandparent; priority

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0230.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by APPROP - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528881)
3. **HOUSE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528822)
4. **HOUSE - Appropriations - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528704)
5. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Engrossed Bill - Powell - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531324)
6. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1500h.pdf)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1500p.pdf)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1500s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **16–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David C. Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-11** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2025-03-31** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-26** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-26** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-27** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-27** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-06-27** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb13152a-f533-4182-afa3-d2c6c0a3a084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).