Arizona 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SCR 1024 — legislature; district residency

Last action — DP

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

33 added · 50 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Concurrent Resolution 1024, a requirement was added that candidates must not only have been residents of Arizona for at least three years but also must have lived in the specific district from which they are elected for at least one year before the election, and they must be members of their political party, if applicable. This change emphasizes the importance of local representation by ensuring that candidates are familiar with the communities they wish to serve. By requiring candidates to live in their districts for at least a year prior to their election, it aims to promote more accountable and engaged leadership at the local level.

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district residency State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1024 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA;
1024 Mesnard Floor Amendment Reference to:
AMENDING ARTICLE IV, PART 2, SECTION 2, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA;
printed resolution Amendment drafted by:
RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Leg.
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Council FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION • Requires a member of the Legislature to have been a member of the political party from which the member is elected for at least one year before the election, in addition to being a resident of the district.
1024 Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:
Amendment explanation prepared by Anna Nguyen 2/25/26 Fifty-seventh Legislature Mesnard Second Regular Session S.C.R.
1024 MESNARD FLOOR AMENDMENT SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.C.R.
1024 (Reference to printed resolution) Amendment instruction key:
[GREEN UNDERLINING IN BRACKETS] indicates text added to statute or previously enacted session law.
[Green underlining in brackets] indicates text added to new session law or text restoring existing law.
[GREEN STRIKEOUT IN BRACKETS] indicates new text removed from statute or previously enacted session law.
[Green strikeout in brackets] indicates text removed from existing statute, previously enacted session law or new session law.
<<Green carets>> indicate a section added to the bill.
<<Green strikeout in carets>> indicates a section removed from the bill.
The resolution as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:
No person shall be a member of the Legislature unless he shall be a citizen of the United States at the time of his election, nor unless he shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and shall have been a resident of Arizona at least three years and[, FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS ELECTION, A RESIDENT] of the county DISTRICT from which he is elected [at least one year before his election] [AND A MEMBER OF HIS POLITICAL PARTY, IF ANY].
No person shall be a member of the Legislature unless he shall be a citizen of the United States at the time of his election, nor unless he shall be at least twenty-five years of age, and shall have been a resident of Arizona at least three years and, FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS ELECTION, A RESIDENT of the county DISTRICT from which he is elected at least one year before his election AND A MEMBER OF HIS POLITICAL PARTY, IF ANY.
Enroll and engross to conform Amend title to conform J.D.
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Action History

  1. DP

  2. House Second Reading

  3. House First Reading.

  4. Transmit to House

  5. PASSED

  6. DPA

  7. DP

  8. Senate Second Reading

  9. Senate First Reading

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 92 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (92)

92 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passed

Passed 16 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 01201
Republican 16001
Total 161202
% of votes cast 53%40%0%7%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Analise Ortiz Democrat Nay
Brian Fernandez Democrat Nay
Catherine Miranda Democrat Nay
Denise “Mitzi” Epstein Democrat Nay
Eva Diaz Democrat Not Voting
Flavio Bravo Democrat Nay
Kiana Sears Democrat Nay
Lauren Kuby Democrat Nay
Lela Alston Democrat Nay
Priya Sundareshan Democrat Nay
Rosanna Gabaldón Democrat Nay
Sally Ann Gonzales Democrat Nay
Theresa Hatathlie Democrat Nay
Carine Werner Republican Yea
David C. Farnsworth Republican Yea
David Gowan Republican Yea
Frank Carroll Republican Yea
Hildy Angius Republican Yea
J.D. Mesnard Republican Yea
Jake Hoffman Republican Yea
Janae Shamp Republican Not Voting
John Kavanagh Republican Yea
Kevin Payne Republican Yea
Mark Finchem Republican Yea
Shawnna Bolick Republican Yea
Thomas "T.J." Shope Republican Yea
Timothy "Tim" Dunn Republican Yea
Venden "Vince" Leach Republican Yea
Warren Petersen Republican Yea
Wendy Rogers Republican Yea

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Subjects

elections
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SCR 1024?
SCR 1024 is sponsored by J.D. Mesnard (Republican).
What is the current status of SCR 1024?
This bill died with 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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