---
type: "Bill"
title: "elections; voting center tabulation"
description: "elections; voting center tabulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1485"
citation: "Arizona SB 1485 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BALLOTS", "CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS", "EARLY BALLOT", "EARLY BALLOTS (H)", "EARLY VOTING (H)", "EARLY VOTING LIST", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "ELIGIBILITY", "GENERAL ELECTION", "PRIMARY ELECTION", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SEVERABILITY (H)", "SPECIAL DISTRICT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT", "TAXING DISTRICT", "VOTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Ugenti-Rita"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2253478e-0ac4-4890-92d0-f05a8b7fa2d8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75568?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "8ae54e974302823643a6eef0f4c4f2e63687173e79ba70ccb87a2e12b28f04f5"
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 1485 (55th-1st-regular) — elections; voting center tabulation

## 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/0359.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kavanagh #1 - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/489046)
3. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Kavanagh #2 - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/489047)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1485H.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1485P.htm)
6. **SENATE - Appropriations - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1485APPROP.DOCX.htm)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1485S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- Retained on the Calendar — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- failed to pass — **14–16** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- failed to pass — **29–31** (fail) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** W/D `withdrawal`
- **2021-02-23** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-20** FAILED `failure`
- **2021-04-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-22** FAILED `failure`
- **2021-04-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-11** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** 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/2253478e-0ac4-4890-92d0-f05a8b7fa2d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).