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Read. Follow. Verify.Arizona proposes constitutional amendment to require legislative candidates to reside in their specific district
Last action · March 11, 2026: DPSponsor: J.D. Mesnard
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What This Bill Proposed
SCR 1024 proposes a to change legislative candidate residency requirements from countywide residency to district-specific residency for at least one year prior to election, pending voter approval at the next general election.
Changes where legislative candidates must live for a full year before running for office, shifting the requirement from residing anywhere in the county to residing specifically within the legislative district they seek to represent.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Arizona legislative candidates
Candidates must meet a district-specific residency requirement for one year prior to election rather than a county-level requirement.
Arizona voters
Key Facts
- SCR 1024 proposes an amendment to Article IV, part 2, section 2 of the Constitution of Arizona.
- The measure alters the one-year prior residency requirement from the county level to the specific legislative district level.
- Legislative candidates must still be United States citizens at the time of election and at least twenty-five years of age.
- Candidates must remain residents of Arizona for at least three years prior to election.
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- The Secretary of State must submit the proposition to the voters at the next general election.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in House committee.
Procedural history
10 actions- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeDP
- Mar 9, 2026HouseFloorHouse Second Reading
- Mar 5, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse First Reading
- Feb 27, 2026HouseTransmit to House
- Feb 26, 2026SenateFloorPASSED
- Feb 26, 2026SenateCommitteeDPA
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- Feb 16, 2026SenatePFC
- Feb 11, 2026SenateCommitteeDP
- Jan 28, 2026SenateFloorSenate Second Reading
- Jan 27, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate First Reading
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Passed
Total
30
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 12
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 2
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (24)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance50How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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