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AZ SB1651

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Catherine Miranda

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Creates a new criminal offense for knowingly tampering with or opening a receptacle used for depositing or returning voted early ballots
  • Classifies the offense as a class 1 misdemeanor, the most serious misdemeanor category in Arizona
  • Exempts election officers who are acting in the course of their official duties from this prohibition
  • Adds Section 16-1025 to Arizona Revised Statutes Title 16 (Elections), Chapter 7, Article 1

Legislative Description

Ballot receptacles; tampering

Early Ballots

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/10/2025
Judiciary and Elections2/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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