HB4128 • 2026

technical correction; adoption

HB4128 - technical correction; adoption

Children

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Walt Blackman
Last action
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Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about updates to when and how people can get help with these costs, nor does it specify all the conditions under which the department pays for certain costs or allows exceptions.

Fixing Rules for Adoption Expenses

This bill makes changes to the rules about paying nonrecurring adoption expenses in Arizona.

What This Bill Does

Amends a part of Arizona's laws that talks about how to pay for costs related to adopting children.

Who It Names or Affects

People who adopt children in Arizona
The state agency responsible for managing the program that pays these expenses

Terms To Know

Nonrecurring adoption expenses: Money spent on one-time costs related to adopting a child, like legal fees or travel.
Department: The state agency responsible for managing the program that pays these expenses.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill only fixes specific parts of existing laws and does not create new programs.
It does not change how much money is available for adoption expenses.
The exact date when this law will take effect is not provided in the text.

Bill History

No action history is stored for this bill yet.

Official Summary Text

HB4128 - technical correction; adoption

Current Bill Text

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HB4128 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; adoption

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 4128

Introduced by

Representative
Blackman

AN
ACT

amending section 8-162, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to nonrecurring adoption expenses.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 8-162, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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8-162.

Nonrecurring adoption expense program; funding; use of other
resources; payment

A. The department shall establish and administer a
program of payment for nonrecurring adoption expenses. Nonrecurring
adoption expenses shall be provided from monies appropriated to the department
or made available to it from other sources.

B. Except as provided in subsection C
of this section
, the department shall not reimburse
nonrecurring adoption expenses unless an application is approved and an
agreement is signed by the department and the applicant for nonrecurring
expenses before entry of the final decree of adoption.

C. The department may approve and reimburse these
expenses after the finalization of an adoption only in the following
situations:

1. A final decree of adoption was entered into on or
after January 1, 1987 and before
the effective date of this
article

september 27, 1990
.

2. A final decree was entered into before January 1,
1987, but nonrecurring adoption expenses were paid after January 1, 1987.

D. For adoptions finalized between January 1, 1987
and
the effective date of this article

september
27, 1990
, a person shall file an application by December 14, 1990.
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