---
type: "Bill"
title: "elections; candidates; requirements"
description: "elections; candidates; requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1200"
citation: "Arizona SB 1200 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANDIDATES", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS", "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Kavanagh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/274f46a5-bf32-4bf1-8eb6-f47a5dae7277"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68973?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "a1bbb5f52c2fff4aca2061e9dd931f271c5edcba92f06c00061e6637884f9d9b"
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 1200 (53rd-1st-regular) — elections; candidates; requirements

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0161.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1200H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1200P.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/SB1200S.htm)

## Sponsors

- John Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-04** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-06** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** passed `passage`
- **2017-04-11** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-23** transmit to house
- **2017-04-17** 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/274f46a5-bf32-4bf1-8eb6-f47a5dae7277`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).