SB 1581 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

campaign finance reports; filing dates

SB 1581 adjusts deadlines for campaign finance reports in Arizona. It requires political committees, political parties, and candidate committees to file reports by the 15th day of the month following each reporting period, replacing older, less clear deadlines. Specifically, it sets quarterly reports due 15 days after the quarter ends, preelection reports due 15 days before elections, and postelection reports due 15 days after elections. These changes directly affect political action committees, political parties, and candidates running for statewide, legislative, county, city, or town offices. The bill standardizes reporting timelines without altering the underlying requirements for what reports must cover.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Signed May 2, 2025
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What changed between versions

Senate Engrossed Version Chaptered Version · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 112, adding the governor's approval and filing dates. The substantive text of the bill remains unchanged from the Senate version, maintaining the same campaign finance reporting requirements for political committees, including quarterly, pre/post-election, and annual filing deadlines.
Scope change
No substantive change to the scope or applicability of the bill; the text is identical between versions with only formatting and chapter metadata added.
TECHNICAL

Added chapter number (112), governor approval date (May 2, 2025), and secretary of state filing date (May 2, 2025) to indicate official enactment.

Reorganized document structure with additional blank lines and spacing changes between sections.

REQUIREMENT

All substantive campaign finance reporting requirements, filing deadlines, and committee obligations remain exactly the same.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2025 · House Apr 28, 2025

How they voted

290
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 30
Feb 27, 2025
D Democratic13
12 Yea 1
92% Yea
R Republican17
17 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 2, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of J.D. Mesnard
J.D. Mesnard
RRepublican
AZ
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