Arizona 2022 2022 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2236 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/24/2022

                      	HB 2236 
Initials SJ 	Page 1 	House Engrossed 
 
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-fifth Legislature 
Second Regular Session 
House: GE DP 7-6-0-0 
 
HB 2236: voter registration; request required 
Sponsor: Representative Hoffman, LD 12 
House Engrossed 
Overview 
States that an agency, division or department of this state may not register a person to vote unless 
the person affirmatively requests to register to vote. 
History 
Current statute outlines the requirements for a resident of Arizona to be qualified to register to 
vote.  A person is qualified to register to vote if the person is: 
1) A citizen of the United States; 
2) Will be 18 or more years of age on or before the date of the regular general election 
following registration; 
3) Will have been a resident of Arizona 29 days before the election; 
4) Is able to make a mark or write the person's name, unless prevented from doing so by 
physical disability; 
5) Has not be convicted of a felony or treason, unless restored to civil rights; and 
6) Has not be adjudicated an incapacitated person as defined in statute (A.R.S. § 16-101). 
Provisions 
1. Prohibits a department, division, political subdivision or agency of this state or any person 
acting on its behalf, unless otherwise provided by law, from registering a person to vote unless 
that person affirmatively requests to register to vote. 
 
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