---
type: "Bill"
title: "consolidated elections; voter turnout"
description: "consolidated elections; voter turnout"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-2nd-regular"
identifier: "HB 2604"
citation: "Arizona HB 2604 (53rd-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTION DATE", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Javan D. Mesnard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2382379d-7ab2-420c-ae77-913420be0da4"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70843?SessionId=119"
source_hash: "d05eb3ad3b3eeaaadd71dea8d42ed25875e68db023f72b3c6087fa59a78f4e59"
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 HB 2604 (53rd-2nd-regular) — consolidated elections; voter turnout

## 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/53leg/2R/laws/0247.htm)
2. **Conference Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2604C.htm)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2604H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2604P.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/2R/bills/HB2604S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **17–11** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **31–23** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **34–22** (pass) · lower
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Javan D. Mesnard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** transmit to senate
- **2018-02-12** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-04-09** transmit to house
- **2018-03-12** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-12** transmit to senate
- **2018-04-12** passed `passage`
- **2018-04-12** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-17** 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/2382379d-7ab2-420c-ae77-913420be0da4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).