SB 1098 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

early ballot drop off; identification

SB 1098 requires voters to present identification when dropping off early ballots at designated voting centers. The bill amends election law to allow voting centers (locations for election day voting) to also accept early ballots, mandating that the same identification rules apply as for in-person voting. This affects voters who use these centers for early ballot drop-off and election day voting, as well as election officials managing the centers. The bill also extends these identification requirements to emergency voting centers established during elections.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Vetoed

May 2025

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Vetoed May 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Senate Engrossed Version · 5 edits · Mar 5, 2025

MODERATE

This bill was formally adopted as Senate Engrossed Version SB 1098, adding new provisions for emergency polling places and updating early ballot identification requirements. The changes include formalizing the bill's title, adding new subsections for emergency voting centers, and clarifying identification rules for early ballot drop-off locations.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include formal provisions for emergency voting centers and clarified procedures for early ballot handling at polling places and voting centers.

REQUIREMENT

Added new subsection C to Section 16-411 regarding emergency voting centers, allowing county recorders to establish temporary voting locations when regular polling places become unavailable.

Added new subsections C through K to Section 16-411 covering consolidation of polling places for elections without candidates, school polling place requirements, state-owned facility coordination, and wait time management.

Modified Section 16-548 to clarify identification requirements for voters delivering early ballots to polling places, voting centers, and emergency voting centers.

Added new subsection J to Section 16-411 defining when a polling place can be designated as an emergency polling place to prohibit electioneering within the facility property.

Added new subsection I to Section 16-411 requiring polling places to allow electioneering outside 75-foot limits unless emergency conditions prevent it.

Floor votes · House May 5, 2025

How they voted

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

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Committee

May 12, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Mar 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

upper

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors