SB 1664 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

signatures required; nomination petitions

SB 1664 amends Arizona law to establish specific signature requirements for candidates running for various elected offices. It sets fixed percentages (ranging from 0.25% to 10%) of eligible voters or registered voters needed on nomination petitions, depending on the office - for example, 0.5% of district voters for U.S. House candidates or 1% for county judges. The bill also sets maximum signature limits (like 1,000 for community college districts) and specifies how voter registration totals are calculated for each office type. This procedural change directly affects all candidates seeking state, local, or school district offices by standardizing ballot access requirements.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Jun 2026

Signed into Law

Jun 2026

Introduced Feb 9, 2026 Signed Jun 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

Senate Engrossed Version (03/09/2026) → Chaptered Version · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was finalized into law (Chapter 187) with minor formatting corrections and the addition of a new Section C establishing signature requirements for primary election nominees of minor parties. It also added a new Section D clarifying how to calculate signature thresholds when election district boundaries change between the voter registration count and the petition filing deadline.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded by adding new rules for primary elections and boundary changes, while the core signature thresholds for general elections remained substantively the same.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement for primary elections, mandating that minor party nominees collect at least 0.1% of the last governor's vote in their district.

Added a new rule stating that if election district boundaries change after the voter registration count but before petition filing, the signature threshold is based on the old district boundaries.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a grammatical error in the justice of the peace section by changing 'In a county' to 'In a county with a population of one million persons or more'.

Corrected a capitalization error in the constable subsection by changing 'For constable' to 'for constable'.

Fixed a typo in the state office requirement by changing 'the this state' to 'the state'.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2026 · House Jun 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

Jun 19, 2026

Signed into law

Signed by Governor

executive

Jun 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors