---
type: "Bill"
title: "election law amendments"
description: "election law amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1492"
citation: "Arizona SB 1492 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BALLOT REPLACEMENT CENTER", "BALLOTS (H)", "BOARD OF SUPERVISORS", "CANVASS", "CITY OR TOWN CLERK", "COUNTY RECORDER", "COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT", "EDUCATION - TITLE 15", "ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "INITIATIVE", "REFERENDUM AND RECALL - TITLE 19", "OFFICE OF PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Shope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37aa4eee-7d49-4fdd-965a-f70e48a34ce7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75582?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "a817e94d2a7fef7ac35dd8f20a694bb8e16b487aca475cfe5d5b2a59da7122c3"
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 1492 (55th-1st-regular) — election law amendments

## 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/0230.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1492P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1492GOV.DOCX.htm)
4. **SENATE - Shope flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1492FloorSHOPE.docx.htm)
5. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1492S.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Thomas Shope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-07** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-04-08** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** 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/37aa4eee-7d49-4fdd-965a-f70e48a34ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).