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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
Senate: JUDE DPA/SE 4-3-0-0 | Third Read 16-12-2-0House: FMAE DP 4-3-0-0 |
SB
1687: ESAs, returned monies, administrative costs
NOW: voter access; elections; primary date
Sponsor: Senator Hoffman, LD 15
House Engrossed
Overview
Adjusts the date on which primary elections are required to be held to the Tuesday before the last Monday in May beginning in 2032. Amends applicable election-related statutes, including Citizens Clean Elections Commission statute, to reflect the new primary election date.
History
Any person desiring to become a candidate at a primary election for a political party and to have the person's name printed on the official ballot must be a qualified elector of the party and, not less than 120 nor more than 150 days before the primary election, must sign and file a nomination paper containing outlined information. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any nonpartisan election and to have the person's name printed on the official ballot must be at the time of filing a qualified elector of the county, city, town or district and, not less than 120 nor more than 150 days before the election, must sign and file a nomination paper containing outlined information (A.R.S. § 16-311).
Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election and to have the person's name printed on the official ballot must file, not less than 120 nor more than 150 days before the primary election, a nomination petition in addition to the required nomination paper (A.R.S. § 16-314).
Laws 2026, Chapter 1 adjusted the date of primary elections from the first Tuesday in August to the second to last Tuesday in July.
Provisions
1. Requires, beginning in 2032 and later, primary and other applicable elections to be held on the Tuesday before the last Monday in May, rather than the second to last Tuesday in July. (Sec. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20, 21, 22)
2. Clarifies timelines relating to municipal primary, general and runoff elections and the declaration of candidates as elected to their respective offices. (Sec. 3)
3. Requires gubernatorial candidates, beginning in 2032, to submit to the Secretary of State the name of the person who will be a joint candidate for lieutenant governor not later than 75 days before the date of the general election. (Sec. 8)
4. Adjusts, beginning in 2032, the period in which a person desiring to become a candidate must sign and file a nomination paper and petition to between 117 and 140 days before the applicable election. (Sec. 9, 11, 13)
5. Requires a write-in candidate to file a nomination paper not earlier than 140 days before the election and not later than 5 p.m. on the 60th day before the election, subject to outlined exceptions. (Sec. 10)
6. States that, beginning in 2032, the basis of percentage for calculating the required minimum number of qualified signers of nomination petitions must be the number of qualified signers as determined from voter registration totals as reported on October 1st of the year before the year the election is held. (Sec. 12, 13)
7. States that if new boundaries are drawn for congressional or legislative districts subsequent to January 2nd of the year of a general election and before the first date for the filing of nomination petitions, the basis for determining the required number of nomination petition signatures is the number of qualified signers in the elective office or district that was effective on October 1st of the year before the year of a general election. (Sec. 12)
8. Requires county Boards of Supervisors, beginning in 2031, to establish and define a convenient number of election precincts on or before July 1st of each year preceding the year of a general election. (Sec. 14)
9. Adjusts the term of office of a precinct committeeman, beginning in 2032, to reflect the new primary election date. (Sec. 16)
10. Prohibits the Citizens Clean Elections Commission (Commission) from spending on applicable costs, during a two calendar year period, more than $5 times the number of Arizona resident personal income tax returns filed during the two previous calendar years, subject to Proposition 105 requirements. (Sec. 17)
11. Adjusts, from 10% to 20%, the amount of the Commission's costs that may be applied to expenses of administration and enforcement and to expenses associated with public education regarding elections and the Commission's role therein, subject to Proposition 105 requirements. (Sec. 17)
12. Allows any candidate who has qualified for Commission funding to file a nomination paper at any time after the 153rd day after the beginning of the qualifying period of an election year, subject to Proposition 105 requirements. (Sec. 18)
13. Amends pertinent definitions in statute outlining the Commission, subject to Proposition 105 requirements. (Sec. 19)
14. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17, 19, 20)
15. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 11, 13, 15, 20, 21, 22)
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Initials GG SB 1687
6/11/2026 Page 0 House Engrossed
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