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AZ SB1037

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/23/2026

Primary Sponsor

Mark Finchem

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits voting equipment at polling places, voting centers, and counting centers from having internet access and requires all accessible ports to be locked with tamper-proof seals that are logged when broken or accessed

  • Requires detailed chain of custody documentation recording the name and signature of every person who delivers, receives, uses, or returns voting equipment and removable storage devices

  • Mandates that removable storage devices containing election data must be accompanied by two observers from different political parties at all times, including during insertion, removal, and transportation

  • Requires vote recording and tabulating machines to maintain logs of ballot image deletions, event logs, results files, and user credentials for at least 22 months as election data

  • Makes violations of these equipment custody and internet access requirements a class 1 misdemeanor and requires all counting center activities to be posted as nonstop video on the county's website

Legislative Description

Voting; equipment; internet; custody; violation

Conduct Of Elections

Last Action

House FMAE Committee action: Failed To Pass, voting: (3-3-1-0-0-0)

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules2/23/2026
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections2/23/2026
Rules1/12/2026
Judiciary and Elections1/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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