# Arizona SB 1536: cities and towns; primary elections

Arizona SB 1536, cities and towns; primary elections, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John Kavanagh (Republican); status vetoed, last action 2025-05-01 (Third Reading: Passed) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1536-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1536
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: cities and towns; primary elections
- Status: vetoed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-19
- Last action: 2025-05-01, Third Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: John Kavanagh (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: cities and towns, cities and towns - title 9, declaration of statewide concern, districts, municipal elections, nonpartisan city and town elections, primary elections, procedure
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (64 yes, 43 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Kavanagh (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-01 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 31 | 27 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | DP | pass | 4 | 3 |   |
| 2025-03-10 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 17 | 10 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | DP | pass | 4 | 3 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2025-05-01: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: undefined: DP (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: undefined: DP (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1536P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522686)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1536S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526512)

## Related bills

- SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act (signed)
- SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education (signed)
- SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services (signed)
- SB 1742: 2025-2026; higher education (signed)
- SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care (signed)
- SB 1738: 2025-2026; commerce (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1536P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522686)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1536S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526512)

## Related
- [SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1735-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1744-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1743-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1742: 2025-2026; higher education](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1742-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1741-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1738: 2025-2026; commerce](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1738-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1536-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-17).