---
type: "Bill"
title: "election communications; deep fakes; prohibition"
description: "election communications; deep fakes; prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "56th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1359"
citation: "Arizona SB 1359 (56th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Carroll"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd872733-cab8-491b-a55b-2a50534fabe7"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80882?SessionId=128"
source_hash: "777c5dfd560c3e1e6a644eefeac2d2bc2ca01b8cb04ef80e4a813d95486a7448"
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 1359 (56th-2nd-regular) — election communications; deep fakes; prohibition

## 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/2r/laws/0199.pdf)
2. **HOUSE - Municipal Oversight & Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/adopted/h.1359municipal oversight  elections.pdf)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1359h.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1359p.pdf)
5. **SENATE - Carroll flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/519118)
6. **SENATE - Elections** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/proposed/s.13591234.pdf)
7. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2r/bills/sb1359s.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Carroll — primary (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- Janae Shamp — cosponsor (person)
- Shawnna Bolick — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** DP `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Transmit to House
- **2024-03-04** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-12** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-01** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-01** Transmit to Senate
- **2024-05-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-22** PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** 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/fd872733-cab8-491b-a55b-2a50534fabe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).