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
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Chaptered Version
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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
29–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 30
Feb 27, 2025
D
Democratic13
92% Yea
R
Republican17
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
J.D. Mesnard
RRepublican
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