---
type: "Bill"
title: "write-in candidates; nomination paper filing"
description: "write-in candidates; nomination paper filing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1153"
citation: "Arizona SB 1153 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gowan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fbb8fd7-5385-4dd2-adb6-8ae656713cbf"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82322?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "a15eea40f87bb39553c14e5ac584f417e0f08b0df224e678dfd4dbdecf580499"
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 1153 (57th-1st-regular) — write-in candidates; nomination paper filing

## 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/57leg/1r/laws/0018.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1153p.pdf)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/sb1153s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **41–16** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gowan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** Transmit to House
- **2025-03-10** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-03-24** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-03-25** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31** 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/1fbb8fd7-5385-4dd2-adb6-8ae656713cbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).