---
type: "Bill"
title: "foster children; education; best interest"
description: "foster children; education; best interest"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1205"
citation: "Arizona SB 1205 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Kaiser"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08caa817-7df4-43f0-9140-34248f167d5c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78816?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "86e6c585fb1000ddda362a29955f7fa4bf42635e5b8d02fa6a7b3197a15e2578"
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 1205 (56th-1st-regular) — foster children; education; best interest

## 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/0117.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1205p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1205approp.pdf)
4. **SENATE - Education** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1205ed.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Kaiser flr amend (ref APPROP) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/510017)
6. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/adopted/s.1205rules.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1205s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **54–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Kaiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-15** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-21** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08** 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/08caa817-7df4-43f0-9140-34248f167d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).