---
type: "Bill"
title: "driver license voter registration; records"
description: "driver license voter registration; records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1261"
citation: "Arizona SB 1261 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTESTATIONS", "FILINGS", "LOBBYIST REGULATION", "LOBBYISTS", "REGISTRATION", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Livingston"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93b5dd7b-5c6d-4585-932d-4225873e752a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71872?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "a31e52ea56c4a2c3ff3765e5fe8f0b3bea5c1aa32dc17d5749ffe99e148f8ab0"
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 1261 (54th-1st-regular) — driver license voter registration; records

## 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/54leg/1R/laws/0218.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1261P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Transportation and Public Safety - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1261TPS.DOCX.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1261S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Livingston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** dpa/se `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-04** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-05** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-01-30** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-05** transmit to house
- **2019-05-06** transmit to senate
- **2019-05-07** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93b5dd7b-5c6d-4585-932d-4225873e752a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).