---
type: "Bill"
title: "early ballots; request required"
description: "early ballots; request required"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2905"
citation: "Arizona HB 2905 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLASS 5 FELONY", "COUNTY RECORDER", "EARLY BALLOTS", "EARLY VOTING", "ELECTION OFFICERS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "PERMANENT EARLY VOTING LISTS", "REQUEST", "REQUIRED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jake Hoffman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-06-07"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f13a57f4-cd6e-44e4-ac30-ddd6a9e02f3b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76157?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "9c4202fa8f8a9d70d90339bcd4484e39544055213608eef9bc714058e86c519f"
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 2905 (55th-1st-regular) — early ballots; request required

## 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/55leg/1R/laws/0426.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2905H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/HB2905P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jake Hoffman — primary (person)
- Jacqueline Parker — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Fillmore — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Chaplik — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Biasiucci — cosponsor (person)
- Mark W. Finchem — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Grantham — cosponsor (person)
- Walter "Walt" Blackman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-07** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-25** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-06-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-06-29** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30** Transmit to House
- **2021-07-09** 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/f13a57f4-cd6e-44e4-ac30-ddd6a9e02f3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).