Arizona SCR 1013: elections; foreign contributions; certification

Bill Text

SCR1013 - 572R - S Ver 

 Senate Engrossed

 elections; foreign 
 contributions; certification

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
 1013

A 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

enacting and ordering the submission to 
the people of a measure relating to elections.

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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House 
of Representatives concurring:

1. Under the power of the referendum, as vested in 
the Legislature, the following measure, relating to elections, is enacted to 
become valid as a law if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the 
Governor:

AN 
ACT

amending title 16, chapter 
4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 16-407.04 and 
16-407.05; amending title 16, chapter 6, article 1.2, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, by adding section 16-919; amending title 16, chapter 6, article 
1.3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16-923; relating to 
elections.

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

Section 1. Title 16, chapter 4, article 1, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 16-407.04 and 16-407.05, 
to read:

START_STATUTE16-407.04. Donations from foreign national; election administration; 
certification; quarterly reports; records; violation; classification; 
definitions

A. A 
government entity in this state may not use monies or in-kind goods or 
services that are donated, directly or indirectly, by a foreign national for 
election administration.

b. A person that PROVIDES services 
to a government entity for election administration shall provide a 
certification to the secretary of state that includes a dated and sworn 
statement, under penalty of perjury, that the person is not knowingly the 
recipient, directly or indirectly, of donations from a foreign 
national. The person shall annually update the 
certification. If the person obtains information that was unknown at 
the time of the initial certification, the person shall update the initial 
certification within five business days to reflect the new information and 
shall include a new statement that the person is not knowingly the recipient, 
directly or indirectly, of donations from a foreign national. THIS 
subsection DOES NOT APPLY TO A PERSON WHEN PROVIDING common goods or A FACILITY THAT SERVES AS THE VOTING 
LOCATION.

C. The secretary of state shall 
require each government entity to provide to the secretary of state a quarterly 
report that lists any person that provides services to that government entity 
for election administration. The secretary of state shall notify the 
government ENTITY by email if the government ENTITY fails to file its quarterly 
report prescribed by this subsection and advise the government ENTITY THAT 
section 16-407.05 provides for possible enforcement actions.

D. The secretary of state shall 
maintain records of the certifications prescribed by this section and shall 
post these certifications on the secretary of state's website.

E. A person that fails to provide 
the certification PRESCRIBED by this section or that provides an inaccurate 
certification to the secretary of state invalidates any agreement with the 
government entity, and the government entity is barred from entering into or 
continuing any agreement with that person.

F. A person that knowingly fails to 
provide an accurate initial or updated certification as prescribed by this 
section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

G. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS 
SECTION:

1. "Common goods" means 
items that are commonly used across a wide variety of organizations and that 
are not specific to the administration of elections.

2. "Foreign national":

(a) Means:

(i) an 
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT A citizen or lawful permanent resident of the UNITED STATES.

(ii) a 
government, subdivision or municipality of a foreign COUNTRY.

(iii) A 
foreign political party.

(iv) Any 
entity as defined in section 16-901 that is organized under the laws of or has 
its principal place of business in a foreign country.

(v) Any 
United States entity as defined in section 16-901 that is wholly or 
majority owned by any foreign national unless Any CONTRIBUTION or EXPENDITURE 
the entity makes is derived entirely from monies generated by the entity's 
operations in the United States and All decisions CONCERNING the CONTRIBUTION or 
EXPENDITURE are made by INDIVIDUALS who are United States citizens or permanent 
residents, except for decisions setting overall budget AMOUNTS.

(b) Does not 
include federally recognized sovereign tribal nations.

3. "Person":

(a) Means an 
individual or a corporation or other entity as defined in section 16-901.

(b) Does not 
include poll workers. END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE16-407.05. Enforcement; attorney general; civil action for damages

A. The 
attorney general may file an action regarding a knowing violation of section 16-407.04. The 
action may incl