Senate Bill 1232 Summary

• Requires non-resident circulators and all paid circulators (for statewide measures only) to register with the secretary of state before circulating initiative and referendum petitions.

• Mandates the secretary of state publish circulator registration information on a website and disqualify signatures collected by unregistered circulators on statewide ballot measures.

• Requires registered circulators to consent to Arizona court jurisdiction, designate an in-state address for service of process, and establishes penalties for failure to respond to subpoenas (all signatures deemed invalid).

• Allows legal challenges to circulator registration in superior court within five days of petition filing, with appeals allowed to the supreme court within five days of judgment and attorney fees available to prevailing parties.

• Amends recall petition requirements to require circulators to designate whether they are paid or volunteer, with signatures obtained in violation of this requirement being void for statewide and legislative officer recalls.