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AZ SB1617
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Analise Ortiz
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AI Summary
- Candidates for state or local office cannot file nomination papers if they owe $1,000 or more in unpaid campaign finance fines, penalties, or late fees (removes "administrative or civil judgments" from current law)
- Late filing penalties for campaign finance reports are capped at $5,000 per late report per reporting period, with committees required to satisfy or dispute fines within 30 days after each reporting period ends
- Filing officers must publicly list all committees that owe fines for late report filing on their websites
- Committees that fail to file three consecutive reports face permanent suspension, which now eliminates ongoing penalty accrual (previously, suspended committees continued accumulating penalties)
- The Secretary of State may terminate inactive suspended committees after two years and may waive penalties over $1,000 for good cause during a six-month compliance period following the act's effective date
Legislative Description
Campaign finance; penalties; suspensions; terminations
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/4/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules2/3/2026
Judiciary and Elections2/3/2026
Full Bill Text
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