campaign finance; individual contributor information

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not specify penalties for failing to remove information after receiving notice, only classifying the failure as a misdemeanor.

Campaign Finance; Individual Contributor Information

This bill requires filing officers to remove personal address details from campaign finance reports before making them public and sets penalties for failing to do so.

What This Bill Does

• Requires filing officers to redact an individual's street number, street name, or precise residence location from contributor information in campaign finance reports before releasing the reports publicly.
• Prohibits the disclosure of such personal address information in any manner and states that it is not a public record.
• Requires filing officers to remove improperly disclosed information within 10 business days after receiving written notice by certified mail.
• Classifies failure to timely remove this information as a class 1 misdemeanor.

Who It Names or Affects

• Filing officers responsible for campaign finance reports
• Individual contributors whose personal address details are protected

Terms To Know

filing officer

The person or agency in charge of receiving and making public campaign finance reports.

public record

Information that is available to the general public under normal circumstances.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if a filing officer fails to remove information after receiving notice.
• The bill applies only to filing periods starting April 1, 2027.

Official Summary Text

SB1743 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1743

campaign finance;
individual contributor information

Purpose

Requires filing
officers to redact an individual street number and street name, or precise
residence address, as appropriate, before making campaign finance reports
publicly available and states that such information does not constitute a
public record.

Background

Statute requires
campaign finance reports to set forth: 1) the amount of cash on hand at the
beginning of the reporting period; 2) an itemized list of receipts in various
categories, such as contributions from in-state individuals whose contributions
exceed $100 for that election cycle, including identification of such
contributor's occupation and employer, as well as all contributions from
out-ot-state individuals, candidate committees and parties; 3) the aggregate
amount of contributions from all in-state individuals whose contributions do
not exceed $100 for that election cycle; 4) an itemized list of disbursements
in excess of $250 during the reporting period in various categories; and 4) the
total sum of all receipts and disbursements for the reporting period.
Individuals whose residential address is protected from public disclosure are
not required to disclose their residential address and must instead provide an
alternate mailing address (
A.R.S.

� 16-926
).

There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

1.

Requires a filing officer, on receipt of a campaign finance report and
before making it publicly available, to redact an individual's employer, street
number and street name, or residence location, as appropriate, from the listed
individual's contributor information.

2.

Prohibits this information from being disclosed in any manner and states
that such information is not a public record.

3.

Requires a filing officer that improperly discloses an individual
contributor�s street number and name or precise residence location to remove
the information from the publicly available source within 10 business days
after receipt of written notice to redact the information.

4.

Requires written notice to be sent by certified mail to the filing
officer.

5.

Classifies the failure by a filing officer to timely remove an
individual contributor's street number or street name, or precise address
location, as a class 1 misdemeanor.

6.

Applies the filing officer and campaign finance report requirements to
filing periods beginning April 1, 2027.

7.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by
Committee of the Whole

1.

Removes the requirement that a filing officer redact an individual
contributor�s employer from a campaign finance report.

2.

Removes the $1,000 liability for a filing officer that improperly
discloses an individual contributor�s street number and name or precise
residence location.

3.

Requires a filing officer that improperly discloses an individual
contributor�s street number and name, or precise residence location, to remove
the information from the publicly available source within 10 business days
after receipt of written notice.

4.

Requires written notice to be sent by certified mail to the filing
officer.

5.

Classifies failure by a filing officer to remove an individual
contributor�s precise residence location, street number or street name within
10 business days of written notice, rather than the knowing disclosure of such
information by a filing officer, as a class 1 misdemeanor.

6.

Applies
the filing officer and campaign finance report requirements to filing periods
beginning April 1, 2027.

Senate Action

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Current Bill Text

SB1743 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

campaign finance;
individual contributor information

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1743

AN
ACT

amending section 16-928, Arizona Revised
Statutes; amending title 16, chapter 6, article 1.4, Arizona Revised Statutes,
by adding section 16-929; relating to campaign contributions and
expenses.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 16-928, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
16-928.

Filing officer; statements and reports

A. A person that is required to file any statements
and reports required by this article and articles 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6
and 1.7 of this chapter shall file with the filing officer in charge of that
election, as follows:

1. The secretary of state is the filing officer for
statewide and legislative elections, including retention elections for supreme
court justices and court of appeals judges. The secretary of state
is also the filing officer for committees that support or oppose a recall
election or the circulation of a petition for a recall election for a statewide
or legislative officeholder, for committees that support or oppose a statewide
initiative or referendum or other statewide ballot measure, question or proposition
or the circulation of a petition for a statewide initiative or referendum or
other statewide ballot measure, question or proposition.

2. The county officer in charge of elections is the
filing officer for county, school district, community college district and
special taxing district elections, including retention elections for superior
court judges. The county officer in charge of elections is also the
filing officer for committees that support or oppose a recall election or the
circulation of a petition for a recall election for an officeholder of a county
office, a school district governing board office, a community college district governing
board office or a special taxing district governing board office, for
committees that support or oppose a county, school district, community college
district or special taxing district initiative or referendum or other ballot
measure, question or proposition, including bond, tax, budget and budget
override measures or that oppose or support the circulation of a petition for a
county, school district, community college district or special taxing district
initiative or referendum or other county, school district, community college
district or special taxing district ballot measure, question or proposition.

3. The city or town clerk is the filing officer for
city and town elections. The city or town clerk is also the filing
officer for committees that support or oppose a recall election or the
circulation of a petition for a recall election for a city or town
officeholder, for committees that support or oppose a city or town initiative
or referendum or other city or town ballot measure, question or proposition or
the circulation of a petition for a city or town initiative or referendum or
other city ballot measure, question or proposition.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a
standing committee shall file reports only with the secretary of state.

C. A filing officer shall provide the option for
electronic filing and shall make all statements and reports publicly available
on the internet. A filing officer may comply with this section by
opting into the secretary of state's electronic filing system.

D.
For filing
periods that begin on or after April 1, 2027, on receiving a campaign finance
report and before making it publicly available, the filing officer shall redact
from the listed individual contributors' information the individual's street
number and street name or, for an individual who provides a residence location,
shall redact the individual's precise residence location. The information
PRESCRIBED by this subsection may not be DISCLOSED in any manner and is not a
public record.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 16, chapter 6, article 1.4,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-929, to read:

START_STATUTE
16-929.

Information disclosure; violation; classification

For filing periods that begin on or after April
1, 2027, If a filing officer improperly discloses an individual's street NUMBER
and street name or, for an individual who provides a residence location, the
precise residence location in a campaign finance report in violation of section
16-928
, subsection D, the filing officer shall
remove the information from the publicly available source that is controlled or
operated by the filing officer within ten business days after receipt of a
written notice to redact the information.� the written notice shall be sent by
certified mail to the filing officer.� A filing officer who fails to remove or
redact the information within ten business days after receipt of the notice to
redact is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
END_STATUTE