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AZ HB2789

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/22/2026

Primary Sponsor

Lupe Diaz

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Allows candidates for state and local offices to pay a filing fee instead of collecting nomination petition signatures, beginning with 2028 elections
  • Requires the Secretary of State to establish the filing fee amount and publish it in the instructions and procedures manual issued under section 16-452
  • Candidates paying the fee must sign a notarized form submitted to the filing officer stating they are paying in lieu of collecting signatures
  • Exempts candidates for U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and President/Vice President from the in-lieu fee option
  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-314 governing nomination petition filing requirements

Legislative Description

Nominating petitions; in lieu fee

Last Action

House read second time

1/26/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/22/2026
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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