---
type: "Bill"
title: "elections; equipment; amendments"
description: "elections; equipment; amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1437"
citation: "Arizona SB 1437 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMENDMENTS", "BALLOTS", "CANDIDATES", "ELECTION BOARDS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "EQUIPMENT", "QUALIFIED ELECTORS", "REGISTERED VOTERS", "REPEAL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Burges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e429e63-5e12-4447-8d3a-954e947d478d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70626?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "06005170af24a48c47a683bd7b4cd75a1d24e247b7367283a12edbd09a9c338b"
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 1437 (53rd-2nd-regular) — elections; equipment; amendments

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0261.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1437H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1437P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/SB1437S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Burges — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** transmit to house
- **2018-02-19** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-19** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-05** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-25** 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/3e429e63-5e12-4447-8d3a-954e947d478d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).