SCR 1001 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

citizenship; identification; contributions; early voting.

SCR 1001 proposes an Arizona constitutional amendment that would require U.S. citizenship for voting, ban foreign campaign contributions, and mandate government-issued ID at polling places. It sets specific voting rules: early voting must end by 7:00 PM Friday before general elections, and voters must show ID to cast a ballot. Qualified voters with citizenship proof would be offered mail-in ballots upon request, while in-person voting on election day would remain available. This amendment, if approved by voters, would become "The Arizona Secure Elections Act" and would affect all Arizona voters and election campaigns.

Issues: ✗ Immigration

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Jan 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Nov 15, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Senate Engrossed Version (02/17/2026) · 5 edits · Feb 17, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a draft introduction to a formal Senate engrossed version, adding standard legislative headers and page breaks. Substantively, the text was rewritten to clarify that the amendment applies to all election types (primary, general, and municipal) rather than just public elections, and it added a specific exception allowing early ballots delivered by the U.S. Postal Service to be accepted until polls close on Election Day. The bill also added a provision allowing voters standing in line at poll closing time to vote and renamed the act to 'The Safer Elections, Faster Results Act.'

Scope change

The scope of applicability was expanded to explicitly include primary and municipal elections, and an exception was added for mail-in ballots delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.

REQUIREMENT

Early voting end time was modified to include an exception for ballots delivered via the United States Postal Service, which may be accepted until polls close on Election Day.

A new provision was added stating that a qualified elector standing in line at the time polls close is allowed to vote.

SCOPE

The scope of the amendment was expanded to explicitly cover primary, general, and municipal elections, whereas the original draft only mentioned 'any public election.'

DEFINITION

The name of the act was changed from 'The Arizona Secure Elections Act' to 'The Safer Elections, Faster Results Act.'

TECHNICAL

Standard legislative formatting elements, including Senate headers, page breaks, and a formal title page, were added.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED

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Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

DPA

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors