HB 2153 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

voting locations; political party observers

HB 2153 (voting locations; political party observers) regulates the presence of political party representatives at Arizona polling places. It allows county party chairs to appoint registered Arizona voters as party representatives (or "challengers") for precincts and early voting locations, with a limit of one representative per party present at any time unless parties agree otherwise. The bill requires representatives to be Arizona residents and prohibits them from entering voting booths except to mark their own ballot. The bill passed the legislature in April 2025 but was vetoed by the governor on April 15, 2025.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Vetoed

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Vetoed Apr 15, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version · 4 edits · Apr 9, 2025

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up during its progression from introduced to engrossed version, with some minor grammatical corrections and removal of redundant language. The substantive policy content regarding election observer rules remains largely unchanged, though there are some awkward phrasing issues that were partially addressed. No major policy changes, funding amounts, dates, or eligibility criteria were altered in this version.

TECHNICAL

Removed redundant words like 'designate' appearing twice in subsection A and 'shall' appearing twice in subsection B

Corrected capitalization inconsistencies in terms like 'VOTING LOCATION' to 'voting location'

Fixed awkward phrasing in subsection C regarding 'which that were mutually agreed upon on'

Added header information including bill number, session details, and proper formatting for the engrossed version

Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 15, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors