---
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).