---
type: "Bill"
title: "early voting envelopes; party affiliation"
description: "early voting envelopes; party affiliation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1002"
citation: "Arizona SB 1002 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EARLY BALLOTS", "EARLY VOTING", "EARLY VOTING ENVELOPES", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "PARTY AFFILIATION", "POLITICAL PARTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Ugenti-Rita"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-14"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91b79333-f96c-4c5f-87d2-a4f55c0fdc30"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74263?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "18ff861951700ebe2b1b81f6e86c98fa7a27c305e9147337dede6ae15984bbec"
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 1002 (55th-1st-regular) — early voting envelopes; party affiliation

## 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/0053.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1002P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1002S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **41–18** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **20–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-14** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** Transmit to House
- **2021-02-23** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-15** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-18** 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/91b79333-f96c-4c5f-87d2-a4f55c0fdc30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).