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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "write-ins; residency; filing deadline"
+description: "write-ins; residency; filing deadline"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "55th-1st-regular"
+identifier: "HB 2181"
+citation: "Arizona HB 2181 (55th-1st-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTION PROCEDURES (S)", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "FILING DEADLINES", "PROCEDURES", "RESIDENCY", "WRITE-INS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-01-20"
+last_action: "2021-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ed8bb05-ba6f-47dd-b54c-a260f6f67eb9"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74607?SessionId=123"
+source_hash: "b9a5ca570229161e7aa8e4dc8f41f3bec425848e353cd06896a0e73256e3705f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
+---
+
+# Arizona HB 2181 (55th-1st-regular) — write-ins; residency; filing deadline
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/laws/0318.htm)
+2. **HOUSE - Government & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/H.2181GOVERNMENT  ELECTIONS.DOCX.htm)
+3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2181H.htm)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2181P.htm)
+5. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.2181GOV.DOCX.htm)
+6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2181S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Kavanagh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-20** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-21** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-27** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-25** Transmit to Senate
+- **2021-03-02** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-22** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-22** Transmit to House
+- **2021-04-29** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** PASSED `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ed8bb05-ba6f-47dd-b54c-a260f6f67eb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+