SB 1634 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

early voters; signature comparison; MVD

This bill requires Arizona driver license offices to offer voter registration to applicants at the same time as license processing. It mandates collecting only essential information (like name and address) to prevent duplicate registrations, with data automatically transferred to county recorders within five days. Applicants must receive a statement outlining voting eligibility requirements, penalties for false registration, and confidentiality assurances about their voter registration choice. This directly affects all Arizona residents applying for or renewing driver licenses at state offices.

Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2026 Last action Mar 25, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Senate Engrossed Version (03/09/2026) · 3 edits · Mar 9, 2026

MINOR

The bill was reorganized into a standard Senate format and significantly altered the voter registration process by shifting the flow of completed forms from the county recorder to the Secretary of State. This change requires the Secretary of State to forward signatures and registrations to the correct county recorder, adding a new verification step to the existing system.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on driver license voter registration, but the procedural scope expanded to include the Secretary of State in the data transfer workflow.

REQUIREMENT

The process for submitting voter registration forms was changed from a direct transfer to the county recorder to a two-step process where the Department of Transportation sends forms to the Secretary of State first, who then forwards them to the county recorder.

TIMELINE

The deadline for submitting completed registrations was updated to 'within five days after receipt' rather than 'within five days after receipt of a completed registration' by the county recorder.

TECHNICAL

New formatting headers and footers were added to standardize the document structure, and the text was cleaned up to remove inconsistent line breaks and spacing.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2026

How they voted

29–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 30

Mar 9, 2026

D Democratic13

13 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican17

16 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors