House Engrossed Senate Bill DCS; school visits; identification requirements State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SENATE BILL 1493 AN ACT amending title 8, chapter 4, article 4, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 8-530.08; amending title 15, chapter 1, article 5, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 15-160.03; relating to child welfare. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
House Engrossed Senate Bill DCS; school visits; identification requirements
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SENATE BILL 1493
House Engrossed Senate Bill
DCS; school visits; identification requirements
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
SENATE BILL 1493
AN ACT
amending title 8, chapter 4, article 4, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 8-530.08; amending title 15, chapter 1, article 5, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 15-160.03; relating to child welfare.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 8, chapter 4, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 8-530.08, to read: START_STATUTE8-530.08. DCS case worker; school visit; identification requirement A. When a department caseworker visits a child at the child's school for the purpose of an interview, the caseworker shall present the caseworker's department of child safety identification. The caseworker may be asked to show the caseworker's valid driver license or valid nonoperating identification license on request. The school may not keep a digital or physical record of the caseworker's personal identifying information. The school may keep a digital or physical record of the caseworker's department of child safety identification. b. If a caseworker declines or is unable to provide the forms of identification listed in subsection a of this section, the caseworker shall provide the child's school with the contact information for the department office where the caseworker is employed. The school shall contact the department office and verify the caseworker's identification and employment. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Title 15, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-160.03, to read: START_STATUTE15-160.03. Department of child safety caseworker; school visit; identification requirement A. When a department of child safety caseworker visits a child at the child's school for the purpose of an interview, the school shall require that the caseworker present the caseworker's department of child safety identification. The caseworker may be asked to show the caseworker's valid driver license or valid nonoperating identification license on request. The school may not keep a digital or physical record of the caseworker's personal identifying information. The school may keep a digital or physical record of the caseworker's department of child safety identification. b. If a department of child safety caseworker declines or is unable to provide the forms of identification listed in subsection a of this section, the department of child safety caseworker shall provide the child's school with the contact information for the department of child safety office where the caseworker is employed. The school shall contact the department of child safety office and verify the caseworker's identification and employment. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 8, chapter 4, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 8-530.08, to read:
START_STATUTE8-530.08. DCS case worker; school visit; identification requirement
A. When a department caseworker visits a child at the child's school for the purpose of an interview, the caseworker shall present the caseworker's department of child safety identification. The caseworker may be asked to show the caseworker's valid driver license or valid nonoperating identification license on request. The school may not keep a digital or physical record of the caseworker's personal identifying information. The school may keep a digital or physical record of the caseworker's department of child safety identification.
b. If a caseworker declines or is unable to provide the forms of identification listed in subsection a of this section, the caseworker shall provide the child's school with the contact information for the department office where the caseworker is employed. The school shall contact the department office and verify the caseworker's identification and employment. END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Title 15, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-160.03, to read:
START_STATUTE15-160.03. Department of child safety caseworker; school visit; identification requirement
A. When a department of child safety caseworker visits a child at the child's school for the purpose of an interview, the school shall require that the caseworker present the caseworker's department of child safety identification. The caseworker may be asked to show the caseworker's valid driver license or valid nonoperating identification license on request. The school may not keep a digital or physical record of the caseworker's personal identifying information. The school may keep a digital or physical record of the caseworker's department of child safety identification.
b. If a department of child safety caseworker declines or is unable to provide the forms of identification listed in subsection a of this section, the department of child safety caseworker shall provide the child's school with the contact information for the department of child safety office where the caseworker is employed. The school shall contact the department of child safety office and verify the caseworker's identification and employment. END_STATUTE