# Arizona HB 2035: DCS; kinship care placement; requirement Arizona HB 2035, DCS; kinship care placement; requirement, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session House bill sponsored by Lisa Fink (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-04 (Signed by Governor) (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2035-57th-2nd-regular - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arizona HB 2035 - State: Arizona - Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session - Title: DCS; kinship care placement; requirement - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-06-04, Signed by Governor - Sponsor: Lisa Fink (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: child placement, child safety - title 8, child welfare, child welfare and placement (s), dcs (see also: department of child safety), definitions (s), department of child safety (dcs), extended family members (s), investigation (s), kinship care placement, kinship foster care (s), requirement (s), requirements - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (151 yes, 32 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More rights for children in kinship care: benefit, low. Children in foster or kinship care receive rights to sibling placement when possible, safe family contact, and updates at least every 30 days about placement efforts. Children in kinship care who are at least 14 receive the listed rights for foster children. Kin caregivers must be told about their… - Relatives get priority for foster placements: benefit, low. When a child enters Department of Child Safety custody, the Department must search for and notify relatives and other adults connected to the child within 30 days. At a preliminary protective hearing, the court presumes that placement with one of these adults is in the child’s best interest. Within… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Lisa Fink (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-01 | House | Final Reading: Passed | pass | 55 | 0 | | | 2026-06-01 | House | Concurrence: Passed | fail | | | | | 2026-04-21 | Senate | Third Reading: Passed | pass | 26 | 3 | | | 2026-04-15 | Senate | Third Reading: Passed | pass | 17 | 10 | | | 2026-03-25 | Senate | Health and Human Services: DP | pass | 5 | 2 | | | 2026-03-09 | House | Third Reading: Passed | pass | 37 | 15 | | | 2026-03-03 | House | Rules: C&P | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Government: DP | pass | 4 | 2 | | ## Actions (21) - 2026-06-04: Signed by Governor (Governor) - 2026-06-01: Final Reading: Passed (House) - 2026-06-01: Concurrence: Passed (House) - 2026-04-21: Third Reading: Passed (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Additional Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Motion to Reconsider Third: Passed (Senate) - 2026-04-20: Miscellaneous Motion: Passed (House) - 2026-04-20: Motion to Return Bill: Passed (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Third Reading: Passed (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate) - 2026-03-30: Rules: PFC (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Health and Human Services: DP (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Senate Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Senate First Reading (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Third Reading: Passed (House) - 2026-03-04: Committee of the Whole: do pass (House) - 2026-03-03: Rules: C&P (House) - 2026-02-23: Health & Human Services: W/D (House) - 2026-02-19: Government: DP (House) - 2026-01-13: House Second Reading (House) - 2026-01-12: House First Reading (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/laws/0076.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543433) - House Engrossed Version (03/09/2026): [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/HB2035H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/539788) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/HB2035P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/532980) - Senate Engrossed Version (04/21/2026): [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/HB2035S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542707) ## Related bills - SB 1630: home; community-based services; mental illness (signed) - SB 1563: barbering and cosmetology board; continuation (signed) - SB 1552: ADOT; revisions. (signed) - SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations (signed) - SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight (signed) - SB 1198: Arizona beef council; continuation (signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/laws/0076.htm) - [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543433) - [House Engrossed Version (03/09/2026) (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/HB2035H.htm) - [House Engrossed Version (03/09/2026) (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/539788) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/HB2035P.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/532980) - [Senate Engrossed Version (04/21/2026) (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/HB2035S.htm) - [Senate Engrossed Version (04/21/2026) (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542707) ## Related - [SB 1630: home; community-based services; mental illness](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1630-57th-2nd-regular) - [SB 1563: barbering and cosmetology board; continuation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1563-57th-2nd-regular) - [SB 1552: ADOT; revisions.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1552-57th-2nd-regular) - [SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1497-57th-2nd-regular) - [SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1336-57th-2nd-regular) - [SB 1198: Arizona beef council; continuation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1198-57th-2nd-regular) - [Arizona bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arizona/bills) - [Arizona state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arizona) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2035-57th-2nd-regular (as of 2026-11-04).