---
type: "Bill"
title: "local candidates; petitions; electronic signatures"
description: "local candidates; petitions; electronic signatures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1285"
citation: "Arizona SB 1285 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Hoffman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11277e54-e0f4-4102-a362-24bc7b143edd"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80800?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "1b88796aee2e23a85c2b5797d098e86e405554f787b84852331030531173fa5e"
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 1285 (56th-2nd-regular) — local candidates; petitions; electronic signatures

## 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/56leg/2r/laws/0002.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - 1285MUNICIPAL OVERSIGHT ELECTIONS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/516675)
3. **HOUSE - Municipal Oversight & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/h.1285parker j.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1285h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1285p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/s.12850912.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1285s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jake Hoffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** DP `passage`
- **2024-02-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Transmit to House
- **2024-02-26** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-03-05** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-03-05** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-06** 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/11277e54-e0f4-4102-a362-24bc7b143edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).