HB 2005 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

voter registrations; recorder; inactive status

HB 2005 updates Arizona's voter registration verification process. It requires county recorders to send follow-up notices to voters with undelivered mail or suspected address changes, giving them 35 days to update their information online or via form before their registration becomes inactive. The bill also adds new requirements for proof of U.S. citizenship when registering, including acceptable documents like driver's licenses with citizenship indicators, birth certificates, or passports (though existing voters aren't affected by this citizenship requirement). Recorders must maintain inactive voter lists for four years or until the next federal election cycle. These changes aim to ensure voter registration records reflect current address and citizenship status.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 18, 2024 Last action Mar 26, 2025

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Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version · 7 edits · Mar 3, 2025

MODERATE

This bill amends Arizona's voter registration laws by adding new provisions for handling citizenship evidence and introducing a 'paused status' for voter records that appear inconsistent with public data. The changes expand how county recorders manage registration records and add specific protections for certain registered voters regarding citizenship verification requirements.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of Arizona Revised Statutes section 16-166 to include new procedures for verifying citizenship and managing voter registration records when inconsistencies are detected.

REQUIREMENT

Added new subsection F(6) allowing Bureau of Indian Affairs cards, tribal treaty cards, and tribal enrollment numbers as acceptable evidence of citizenship.

Added new subsection K authorizing county recorders to place voter registration information in 'paused status' when there is reasonable cause to believe registration information does not match existing records or public data.

Added new subsection H clarifying that proof of voter registration from another state or county is not acceptable evidence of citizenship.

Added new subsection I exempting persons who modify records with a new residence ballot from resubmitting citizenship evidence after initial verification.

DEFINITION

Added new subsection L defining 'Paused status' as a temporary status in the statewide voter registration database for voters whose information appears inconsistent with public data.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new subsection G exempting persons already registered on the effective date of the amendment from resubmitting citizenship evidence unless changing counties.

ENFORCEMENT

Added new subsection J allowing county recorders to destroy citizenship evidence documents after two years once citizenship has been verified.

Floor votes · House Mar 3, 2025

How they voted

32–26

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 60

Mar 3, 2025

D Democratic27

26 Nay 1

96% Nay

R Republican33

32 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

upper

Mar 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors