Arizona SB 1634: early voters; signature comparison; MVD

Bill Text

SB1634 - 572R - S Ver 

 Senate Engrossed

 early 
 voters; signature comparison; MVD

 (now:� driver license 
 voter registration; signature)

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE BILL 1634

AN 
ACT

amending section 16-112, Arizona 
Revised Statutes; relating to driver license voter registration.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 16-112, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE16-112. Driver license voter registration

A. Every person who is applying for a driver license 
or renewal and who is otherwise qualified to register to vote, at the same time 
and place, shall be allowed to register to vote by providing the information 
prescribed by section 16-152. The method used to register 
voters shall require only the minimum information necessary to prevent 
duplicate registrations, to enable elections officials to determine voter 
eligibility and to administer voter registration and election laws.� 
A registration form shall be included for a person who is applying for a 
driver license renewal by mail. On completing a form that contains 
at least the information prescribed by section 16-121.01 and that may 
contain the information prescribed by section 16-152 and on receipt of 
that form by the county recorder from the department of transportation as 
prescribed by subsection D of this section, the applicant is presumed to be 
properly registered to vote. That presumption may be rebutted as 
provided in section 16-121.01.

B. The director of the department of transportation 
and the secretary of state shall consult at least every two years regarding 
voter registration at driver license offices. The director of the 
department of transportation and the secretary of state, after consultation 
with all county recorders, shall adopt rules to implement a system allowing 
driver license applicants to register to vote at the same time and place as 
they apply for driver licenses. The rules shall:

1. Bring the license application and voter 
registration application forms into substantial conformity.

2. Allow the transfer of driver license 
applications, including renewal and change of address, and voter registration 
information from the department of transportation to the voter registration 
rolls.

3. Respect all rules and statutes of this state 
concerning the confidentiality of driver license application information.

4. Provide for the manual or electronic generation 
and transmittal of voter registrations and provide for electronic generation of 
changes in voter registration information, including address, in conformity 
with the confidentiality requirements of the national voter registration act of 
1993 (P.L. 103-31; 107 Stat. 77; 52 United States Code sections 20501 
through 20511).

C. The department of transportation shall provide to 
applicants a statement that provides:

1. Each eligibility 
requirement for voting, including citizenship. , 

2. An attestation that the 
applicant meets each requirement. , 

3. For the signature of the 
applicant under penalty of perjury. and, 
Within five days after RECEIPT of a completed registration, the 
department of transportation shall submit to the secretary 
of state completed voter registrations along with a copy of the applicant's 
signature that was written by hand on a document, and the 
secretary of state shall forward the completed registrations and copies of the 
applicants' signatures to the county recorder of the county in which the 
applicant resides.

4. In print that is identical 
to that used in the attestation, the following:

1. (a) A description of the penalties provided by law for 
the submission of a false voter registration application.

2. (b) A statement that if an applicant declines to 
register to vote the fact that the applicant has declined to register will 
remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes.

3. (c) A statement that if an applicant does register to 
vote the office at which the applicant submits a voter registration application 
will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes.

D. The department of transportation 
shall return or mail completed registrations to the county recorder of the 
county in which the applicant resides within five days after receipt of a 
completed registration. END_STATUTE