republic-os/legislation/us/states/az/55th-2nd-regular/sb-1638.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	early ballots; visually impaired voters	early ballots; visually impaired voters	us/states/az	Arizona Legislature	55th-2nd-regular	SB 1638	Arizona SB 1638 (55th-2nd-regular)	bill		enacted	Tyler Pace	8	16	6	2022-02-01	2022-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/696be35d-c162-4593-80e0-532b796a4ddd	https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77627?SessionId=125	c0317b9a887b1d2e45e33d1edfbc769c4397cb5314e0e102a509bed1576fcccd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-az

Arizona SB 1638 (55th-2nd-regular) — early ballots; visually impaired voters

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Chaptered Version (committee substitute) — source
2. HOUSE - Amended by GE - passed (committee substitute) — source
3. HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Hoffman - passed (committee substitute) — source
4. HOUSE - Government & Elections (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/h.1638government elections.pdf)
5. House Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
7. SENATE - Pace flr amend (ref Bill) adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed — 24–4 (pass) · upper
• Passed — 32–25 (pass) · lower
• do pass amended — 0–0 (fail) · upper
• do pass amended — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Passed — 0–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tyler Pace — primary (person)
• Amish Shah — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-01 Senate First Reading reading-1
• 2022-02-02 Senate Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-02-14 DP committee-passage
• 2022-03-08 DPA amendment-passage
• 2022-03-09 PASSED passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-10 Transmit to House
• 2022-03-14 House First Reading. reading-1
• 2022-03-15 House Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-23 DPA amendment-passage
• 2022-04-11 DPA amendment-passage
• 2022-04-11 PASSED passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-11 Transmit to Senate
• 2022-04-18 PASSED passage
• 2022-04-18 PASSED passage
• 2022-04-18 Transmit to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/696be35d-c162-4593-80e0-532b796a4ddd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).