---
type: "Bill"
title: "early ballots; undeliverable; instructions"
description: "early ballots; undeliverable; instructions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1530"
citation: "Arizona SB 1530 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADDRESS", "BALLOTS (H)", "EARLY BALLOTS", "EARLY VOTING", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "FORM (H)", "INSTRUCTIONS", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT", "UNDELIVERABLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cafaa7-cab9-4d79-a1c0-24cf42a0c51f"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75645?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "f512538e7cfc152fe1455777e917d64f7fd8b0fae8b0e5e53894ad6038181222"
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 1530 (55th-1st-regular) — early ballots; undeliverable; instructions

## 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/0332.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1530P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Government - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1530GOV.DOCX.htm)
4. **SENATE - Rules** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1530RULES.DOCX.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1530S.htm)

## Votes

- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **47–13** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- J.D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-10** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-28** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Transmit to Senate
- **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/b6cafaa7-cab9-4d79-a1c0-24cf42a0c51f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).