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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "local candidates; petitions; electronic signatures"
+description: "local candidates; petitions; electronic signatures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
+legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
+session: "56th-2nd-regular"
+identifier: "SB 1285"
+citation: "Arizona SB 1285 (56th-2nd-regular)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jake Hoffman"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-30"
+last_action: "2024-03-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11277e54-e0f4-4102-a362-24bc7b143edd"
+source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80800?SessionId=128"
+source_hash: "1b88796aee2e23a85c2b5797d098e86e405554f787b84852331030531173fa5e"
+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 SB 1285 (56th-2nd-regular) — local candidates; petitions; electronic signatures
+
+## 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/56leg/2r/laws/0002.pdf)
+2. **HOUSE - 1285MUNICIPAL OVERSIGHT ELECTIONS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/516675)
+3. **HOUSE - Municipal Oversight & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/h.1285parker j.pdf)
+4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1285h.pdf)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1285p.pdf)
+6. **SENATE - Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/s.12850912.pdf)
+7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1285s.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **27–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jake Hoffman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-05** DP `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-19** DP `passage`
+- **2024-02-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-21** Transmit to House
+- **2024-02-26** House First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** Transmit to Senate
+- **2024-03-05** PASSED `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** PASSED `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-06** 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/11277e54-e0f4-4102-a362-24bc7b143edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).
+