# Arizona SB 1653: early voting; identification; emergency voting

Arizona SB 1653, early voting; identification; emergency voting, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brian Fernandez (Democratic); status failed (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1653-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1653
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: early voting; identification; emergency voting
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Last action: unknown
- Sponsor: Brian Fernandez (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: additional procedures, challenges, civil penalties, classification, county recorder, cure period, custody of ballots, delivery of ballots, early balloting, early ballots, early voting, early voting locations, election day, election workers, elections, elections and electors - title 16, emergency voting, identification, inspector, mail, obtaining ballot by elector, polling place, processing, receipt of voter's ballot, request for ballot, satellite locations, special election boards, third party vendor, tracking system, violation
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brian Fernandez (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (2)

- undated: undefined: None (Senate)
- undated: undefined: None (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1653P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522876)

## Related bills

- SB 1740: 2025-2026; environment (signed)
- HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio (signed)
- SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act (signed)
- SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care (signed)
- SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education (signed)
- SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1653P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522876)

## Related
- [SB 1740: 2025-2026; environment](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1740-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2015-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1735-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1741-57th-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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1653-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-12).