---
type: "Bill"
title: "early voting; signature required; notice"
description: "early voting; signature required; notice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1003"
citation: "Arizona SB 1003 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BALLOT AFFIDAVIT", "BALLOTS (H)", "CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS", "COUNTY RECORDER", "CURE PERIOD", "EARLY VOTING", "ELECTIONS AND ELECTORS - TITLE 16", "FORM (H)", "LEGISLATIVE INTENT", "NOTICE", "RECEIPT (H)", "SIGNATURE REQUIRED", "SIGNATURES (H)", "VOTER SIGNATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Ugenti-Rita"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-14"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81e023be-c726-448b-a1f4-3258fdd2667c"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/74264?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "3bdb51fca62989013c32f95a94eabd566ce450c847c076e3c8dd0db66a7da418"
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 1003 (55th-1st-regular) — early voting; signature required; notice

## 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/0343.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1003P.htm)
3. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1003S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **16–14** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-14** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** DP `passage`
- **2021-03-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-09** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-29** DP `passage`
- **2021-04-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-05-03** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** 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/81e023be-c726-448b-a1f4-3258fdd2667c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).