Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1038: cast vote record; public record
Status: Vetoed, June 19, 2026
SB1038 - cast vote record; public record
What the bill says
An act amending title 16, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16-407.04; relating to the conduct of elections.
From the engrossed text, February 17, 2026:
AN ACT amending title 16, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16-407.04; relating to the conduct of elections. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Title 16, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-407.04, to public record; definition A. Within forty-eight hours after the county board of supervisors TRANSMITS the county canvass to the secretary of STATE, the board of supervisors or the officer in charge of elections shall transmit The cast vote record to the secretary of state in a sortable format. The transmitted cast vote record shall be unaltered except that, for precincts, precinct splits and ballot styles that contain fewer than twenty-five registered voters, the board of supervisors or officer in charge of elections shall include only the number of voters and the number of cast vote records. B. The board of supervisors or officer in charge of elections shall not randomize or otherwise alter the original files. C. The information and records prescribed by subsection A of this section constitute a public record. D. For the purposes of this section, "cast vote record" means an electronic record of the voters' selections as captured by a tabulation device from a ballot or a ballot image that cannot be linked to a specific voter.END_STATUTE
Sponsors
- Mark Finchem (R, SD-001) · primary sponsor
- Wendy Rogers (R, SD-007)
Latest actions
- : Governor Vetoed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : House third reading passed (32 votes)
- : Transmitted to Senate
- : Passed
- : House Committee of the Whole
- : do pass
- : House read second time
- : House read first time
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
Votes
- THIRD Passed (June 11, 2026): 32 yea, 23 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 9, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FMAE DP (March 4, 2026): 4 yea, 3 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (February 17, 2026): 17 yea, 12 nay, passed
- JUDE DPA (January 14, 2026): 4 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1038?
- SB1038 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): cast vote record; public record.
- What does SB1038 do?
- In its own words: An act amending title 16, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16-407.04; relating to the conduct of elections.
- What is the status of SB1038?
- Vetoed as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Governor Vetoed (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1038?
- Mark Finchem (R, SD-001), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB1038?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83660/?SessionId=130
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