Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB2035: DCS; kinship care placement; requirement
Status: Chaptered, June 4, 2026
HB2035 - DCS; kinship care placement; requirement
What the bill says
An act amending sections 8-501, 8-514.03, 8-514.07, 8-529, 8-801, 8-824 and 8-842, arizona revised statutes; relating to child welfare and placement.
From the chaptered text, June 8, 2026:
AN ACT amending sections 8-501, 8-514.03, 8-514.07, 8-529, 8-801, 8-824 and 8-842, arizona revised statutes; relating to child welfare and placement. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 8-501, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE8-501. Definitions A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Child developmental certified home" means a regular foster home that is licensed pursuant to section 8-509 and that is certified by the department of economic security pursuant to section 36-593.01. 2. "Child welfare agency" or "agency": (a) Means: (i) Any agency or institution that is maintained by a person, firm, corporation, association or organization to receive children for care and maintenance or for twenty-four hour twenty-four-hour social, emotional or educational supervised care or who have been adjudicated as a delinquent or dependent child. (ii) Any institution that provides care for unmarried mothers and their children. (iii) Any agency that is maintained by this state, a political subdivision of this state or a person, firm, corporation, association or organization to place children or unmarried mothers in a foster home. (b) Does not include state operated state-operated institutions or facilities, detention facilities for children established by law, health care institutions that are licensed by the department of health services pursuant to title 36, chapter 4 or private agencies that exclusively provide …
Sponsors
- Lisa Fink (R, HD-027) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 76
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : Senate third reading passed (26 votes)
- : Transmitted to House
- : Passed
- : do pass amended
- : Passed
- : Passed
Votes
- FINAL Passed (June 1, 2026): 55 yea, 0 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (April 21, 2026): 26 yea, 3 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (April 15, 2026): 17 yea, 10 nay, passed
- HHS DP (March 25, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (March 9, 2026): 37 yea, 15 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2035?
- HB2035 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): DCS; kinship care placement; requirement.
- What does HB2035 do?
- In its own words: An act amending sections 8-501, 8-514.03, 8-514.07, 8-529, 8-801, 8-824 and 8-842, arizona revised statutes; relating to child welfare and placement.
- What is the status of HB2035?
- Chaptered as of June 4, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 76 (June 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2035?
- Lisa Fink (R, HD-027).
- Where is the official record for HB2035?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83577/?SessionId=130
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