---
type: "Bill"
title: "early ballots; visually impaired voters"
description: "early ballots; visually impaired voters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1638"
citation: "Arizona SB 1638 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyler Pace"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/696be35d-c162-4593-80e0-532b796a4ddd"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77627?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "c0317b9a887b1d2e45e33d1edfbc769c4397cb5314e0e102a509bed1576fcccd"
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 1638 (55th-2nd-regular) — early ballots; visually impaired voters

## 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/2r/laws/0174.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Amended by GE - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/498525)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Hoffman - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/498524)
4. **HOUSE - Government & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.1638government  elections.pdf)
5. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1638h.pdf)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1638p.pdf)
7. **SENATE - Pace flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1638pace0503.pdf)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1638s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **32–25** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tyler Pace — primary (person)
- Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-14** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-15** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-11** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-11** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-04-18** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-18** PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-22** 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/696be35d-c162-4593-80e0-532b796a4ddd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).