SB 1038 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

cast vote record; public record

SB 1038 requires Arizona county recorders to publish, within one hour after polls close, a public record containing every voter's name, voter ID number, political party registration (if listed), and their specific vote choice in an organizable format. This law directly affects voters by making their individual voting choices publicly accessible and county election officials by mandating this immediate disclosure. The bill prohibits altering or randomizing the original voting records, ensuring the published data matches the election results exactly. It overrides existing privacy protections to make detailed voting data a permanent public record.

Issues: ✗ Technology

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Jun 2026

Vetoed

Jun 2026

Introduced Dec 19, 2025 Vetoed Jun 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Senate Engrossed Version (02/17/2026) · 4 edits · Feb 17, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was reorganized from an introduced draft to a formal Senate engrossed version, updating the header and formatting. The substantive policy text was completely rewritten to replace an immediate one-hour disclosure requirement with a 48-hour deadline for transmitting cast vote records to the state. Additionally, a new definition was added to clarify that a 'cast vote record' cannot be linked to a specific voter, and an exemption was created for small precincts with fewer than 25 registered voters.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the timing of data release was expanded from one hour to forty-eight hours after the county canvass is transmitted.

TIMELINE

The deadline for making cast vote records available was changed from one hour after polls close to forty-eight hours after the county board of supervisors transmits the canvass to the secretary of state.

DEFINITION

A new definition was added stating that a 'cast vote record' is an electronic record that cannot be linked to a specific voter.

REQUIREMENT

An exception was added requiring only the count of voters and records (not the actual records) for precincts with fewer than twenty-five registered voters.

The requirement to make records available as a public record was modified to specify transmission to the secretary of state in a sortable format rather than immediate public availability.

Floor votes · House Jun 11, 2026

How they voted

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

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 19, 2026

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Jun 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Apr 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

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Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

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Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED

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Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

Jan 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor