Arizona HB 2504: forced organ harvesting; insurance; prohibition

Bill Text

HB2504 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: ballot measure amendments

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HB 2504

 Introduced by 

 Representatives 
 Stahl Hamilton: Abeytia, Blattman, Cavero, Connolly, Contreras P, Crews, 
 Garcia, Gutierrez, Liguori, Sandoval, Simacek, Travers, Villegas

AN 
ACT

repealing sections 19-102.01 and 
19-111.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 19, chapter 1, article 2, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 19-111.01; amending sections 
19-118 and 19-125, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to initiative and 
referendum.

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

Section 1. Repeal

Sections 19-102.01 and 19-111.01, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, are repealed.

Sec. 2. Title 19, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 19-111.01, to read:

START_STATUTE19-111.01. Approval of description; attorney general; challenge

At any time before a person or organization 
submits an application for initiative petition or referendum petition, a 
political committee that intends to file that application may submit the 
proposed description of the principal provisions of the measure prescribed by 
section 19-101 or 19-102 to the attorney general for a 
determination of whether the description is lawful and sufficient.� Within ten 
days After submittal to the attorney general, the attorney general shall 
approve or reject the description and, if rejected, shall state the reasons for 
the rejection.� If approved, any challenge to the description shall be filed in 
the superior court within ten days after the attorney general's approval. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Section 19-118, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE19-118. Registered circulators; requirements; violation; classification; 
definition

A. For statewide initiative and referendum measures 
only, all circulators who are not residents of this state and all paid 
circulators must register as circulators with the secretary of state before 
circulating petitions pursuant to this title. The committee that is 
circulating the petition shall collect and submit the completed registration 
applications to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall 
establish in the instructions and procedures manual issued pursuant to section 
16-452 a procedure for registering circulators, including circulator 
registration applications, and shall publish on a website maintained by the 
secretary of state all information regarding circulators that is required 
pursuant to this section. The secretary of state shall disqualify 
all signatures collected by a circulator who fails to register pursuant to this 
subsection as provided for in section 19-121.01, subsection A.

B. The circulator registration application required 
by subsection A of this section shall require the following:

1. The circulator's full name, residence address, 
telephone number and email address.

2. The initiative or referendum petition on which 
the circulator will gather signatures.

3. A statement that the circulator consents to the 
jurisdiction of the courts of this state in resolving any disputes concerning 
the circulation of petitions by that circulator.

4. The address of the committee in this state for 
which the circulator is gathering signatures and at which the circulator will 
accept service of process related to disputes concerning circulation of that 
circulator's petitions.� Service of process is effected under this section by 
delivering a copy of the subpoena to that person individually, by leaving a 
copy of the subpoena with a person of suitable age or by mailing a copy of the 
subpoena to the committee by certified mail to the address provided.

5. An affidavit from the registered circulator that 
is signed by the circulator before a notary public and that includes the 
following declaration:

I, (print 
name) , under penalty of a class 1 
misdemeanor, acknowledge that I am eligible to register as a circulator in the 
state of Arizona, that all of the information provided is correct to the best 
of my knowledge and that I have read and understand Arizona election laws 
applicable to the collection of signatures for a statewide initiative or 
referendum.

C. Within five business days after submission and 
review of a complete and correct circulator registration application that 
complies with this section, the secretary of state shall register and assign a 
circulator registration number to the circulator.

D. A person may not register as a circulator 
pursuant to this section if the person:

1. Has had a civil or criminal penalty imposed for a 
violation of title 16 or this title within the immediately preceding five 
years.

2. Has been convicted of treason or a felony and has 
not been restored to civil rights as described in section 16-101, 
subsection A,