Arizona SB 1259: ADOT; proportional registration; temporary registration

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Chapter 0164 - 572R - S Ver of SB1259 

 Senate Engrossed

 campaigns; protected 
 residential addresses

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 CHAPTER 164

 SENATE BILL 1259

AN 
ACT

amending sections 16-906 and 18-444, 
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to campaigns.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 16-906, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-906. Committee statement of organization; amendment; committee 
limitation; alternate mailing address

A. A committee shall file a statement of 
organization with the filing officer within ten days after qualifying as a 
committee.

B. Except as provided in subsection H 
of this section, a statement of organization shall include the following 
committee information:

1. The committee name, mailing address, e-mail email address, website, if 
any, and telephone number, if any, and the type of committee. The 
committee name shall include:

(a) For a candidate committee, the candidate's first 
or last name and, if the candidate has a candidate committee open for more than 
one office, the office sought.

(b) For a political action committee that is 
sponsored, the sponsor's name or commonly known nickname.

2. The name, mailing address, e-mail email address, website, if any, and telephone number of any 
sponsor.

3. The name, physical location or street address, e-mail email address, telephone 
number, occupation and employer of the committee's chairperson and 
treasurer. For a candidate committee, the candidate may serve as 
both chairperson and treasurer.

4. For a candidate committee for a partisan office, 
the candidate's party affiliation. 

5. A listing of all banks or other financial 
institutions used by the committee.

6. A statement that the committee chairperson and 
committee treasurer have read the filing officer's campaign finance and 
reporting guide, agree to comply with this article and articles 1, 1.2, 1.3, 
1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 of this chapter, and agree to accept all notifications 
and service of process via the e-mail email 
address provided by the committee.

C. A committee shall file an amended statement of 
organization within ten days after any change in committee information.

D. On filing a statement of organization, the filing 
officer shall issue an identification number to the committee.

E. A standing committee shall file a statement of 
organization with the secretary of state and a copy of the statement in each 
jurisdiction in which the committee is active.� Only the secretary of state 
shall issue an identification number.

F. A candidate may have only one committee in 
existence for the same office during the same election cycle.

G. On filing a statement of organization, a 
political action committee or political party may perform any lawful activity, 
including making contributions, making expenditures or conducting issue 
advocacy, without establishing a separate committee for each activity or 
specifying each activity in its statement of organization.

H. A person may provide an alternate 
mailing address for the purposes of this section and may attest that the 
person's residence is in the electoral district if the person's residential 
address is both:

1. Required to be included pursuant 
to subsection B of this section.

2. protected from public disclosure 
pursuant to section 16-153. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 18-444, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE18-444. Duty to file financial disclosure statement; contents; 
exceptions; alternate mailing address

A. In addition to other statements and reports 
required by law, every public officer, as a matter of public record, shall file 
with the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state a 
verified financial disclosure statement covering the preceding calendar year.� Except as provided in subsection G of this section, the 
statement shall disclose:

1. The name and home or work address of the public 
officer, whether the public officer's spouse is a member of the public 
officer's household, the number of minor children who are members of the public 
officer's household and all names and addresses under which each does business.� If disclosure of the identity of the public 
officer's spouse or minor child would otherwise be required, a public officer 
may comply with the identification requirement by using the term 
"spouse" or "minor child", as applicable.

2. The name and address of each employer and of each 
other source of compensation other than gifts amounting to more than one thousand dollars $1,000 received 
during the preceding calendar year by the public officer and members of his the public officer's household in 
their own names, or by any other person for the use or benefit of the public 
officer or members of his 
the public officer's household, a descriptio