---
type: "Bill"
title: "early ballot delivery; instruction requirements"
description: "early ballot delivery; instruction requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1273"
citation: "Arizona SB 1273 (56th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Bennett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a12fcdf-51ae-45da-8cf4-7b4e7eba841e"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78906?SessionId=127"
source_hash: "ce4884e46a079923bcaf73484e3a40f37baf9ebd8b2e44d7f99001f576c9dc67"
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 1273 (56th-1st-regular) — early ballot delivery; instruction requirements

## 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/56leg/1r/laws/0119.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1273p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Bennett flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/506319)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1r/bills/sb1273s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ken Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Transmit to House
- **2023-03-13** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-12** DP `passage`
- **2023-04-26** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Transmit to Senate
- **2023-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08** 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/6a12fcdf-51ae-45da-8cf4-7b4e7eba841e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).