---
type: "Bill"
title: "ballots; categories; count"
description: "ballots; categories; count"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1168"
citation: "Arizona SB 1168 (57th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shawnna Bolick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9fceb7e-86d5-425e-bc44-8ce49c3a9506"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84025?SessionId=130"
source_hash: "af7be43a866f2e3029f2e55cba3275ce06f6206e08102b3c14692b9245b05344"
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 1168 (57th-2nd-regular) — ballots; categories; count

## 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/57leg/2r/laws/0072.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Appropriations - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/541930)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to APPROP - Livingston - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/542550)
4. **House Engrossed Version (04/21/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1168h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1168p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Bolick flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/538394)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version (02/23/2026)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2r/bills/sb1168s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **43–11** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **16–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shawnna Bolick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-01-20** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21** DP `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Transmit to House
- **2026-02-25** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-31** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-16** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-21** Transmit to Senate
- **2026-06-01** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-01** PASSED `passage`
- **2026-06-01** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/c9fceb7e-86d5-425e-bc44-8ce49c3a9506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).