---
type: "Bill"
title: "elections; counting center; electronic adjudication"
description: "elections; counting center; electronic adjudication"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1135"
citation: "Arizona SB 1135 (54th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS", "COUNTING CENTERS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "ELECTRONIC ADJUDICATION", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e959285-44ea-4a86-87e9-5b8356501a7a"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72961?SessionId=122"
source_hash: "d0946fe54eca4f4ad6a2c66fae24e960105e1c3fbdcc96bedb2e05c832828736"
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 1135 (54th-2nd-regular) — elections; counting center; electronic adjudication

## 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/54leg/2R/laws/0001.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1135P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/2R/bills/SB1135S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — primary (person)
- Charlene R. Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- David Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Russell "Rusty" Bowers — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23** DP `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** DP `passage`
- **2020-01-28** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** Transmit to House
- **2020-01-30** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** Transmit to Senate
- **2020-02-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-03** 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/2e959285-44ea-4a86-87e9-5b8356501a7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).