---
type: "Bill"
title: "write-in candidates; filings; ballots"
description: "write-in candidates; filings; ballots"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "57th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2129"
citation: "Arizona HB 2129 (57th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Selina Bliss"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe9212bc-4ea4-4246-9817-a9b90b2a7d86"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/81825?SessionId=129"
source_hash: "15e32bf454138c7f948585198ab8fe679861c7694e27230a2c9e8627aa40af9d"
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 HB 2129 (57th-1st-regular) — write-in candidates; filings; ballots

## 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/0194.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530122)
3. **Conference Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2129c.pdf)
4. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2129h.pdf)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2129p.pdf)
6. **SENATE - Judiciary and Elections - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528606)
7. **SENATE - Rogers flr amend (ref JUDE) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529130)
8. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1r/bills/hb2129s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **56–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Selina Bliss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Prefiled. `filing`
- **2025-01-21** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29** DP `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2025-02-13** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Transmit to Senate
- **2025-02-25** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Transmit to House
- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Transmit to House
- **2025-05-07** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** 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/fe9212bc-4ea4-4246-9817-a9b90b2a7d86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).