precinct committeemen; vacancy; application

Plain English Breakdown

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Precinct Committeemen Vacancies; Application

This bill changes how vacancies for precinct committeemen are filled and requires applications from those who want to fill the vacancy.

What This Bill Does

• Changes who can submit a list of names to fill a vacant precinct committeeman position. Now, both legislative district chairmen and county chairmen can do this, not just county chairmen.
• Requires that vacancies for precinct committeemen be filled by the county board of supervisors within 30 days after receiving the list of names.
• Adds a requirement for people who want to fill a vacant position to submit an application to the appropriate chairman.

Who It Names or Affects

• Political party members in Arizona
• County board of supervisors
• Legislative district chairmen and county chairmen

Terms To Know

Precinct Committeeman

A member of a political party who helps with voter registration and assists voters on election days.

County Board of Supervisors (BOS)

The governing body responsible for filling vacancies in the position of precinct committeeman within 30 days after receiving a list of names from the appropriate chairman.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify an effective date.
• No fiscal impact to the state General Fund is expected.

Official Summary Text

SB1825 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1825

precinct
committeemen; vacancy; application

Purpose

Requires the
list of names to fill a vacancy for a precinct committeeman to be submitted by
a legislative district chairman or a county chairman, rather than only a county
chairman. Requires a vacancy for a precinct committeeman to be filled by the
county board of supervisors (county BOS) within 30 days after the date the list
of names is submitted.

Background

Any member of a
recognized political party who is a registered voter in the precinct is
eligible to seek the office of precinct committeeman for the political party in
the voter's precinct. The minimum duties of a precinct committeeman are to
assist the precinct committeeman's political party in voter registration and to
assist the voters of the political party to vote on election days. Additional
duties are as outlined in the party's state committee bylaws. The contest for
office of precinct committeeman is on a primary election ballot. At a primary
election, the members of a political party who are entitled to representation
and who reside in each precinct must choose one to serve as county precinct
committeeman and one additional precinct committeeman for every 125 registered
voters in the party in the precinct on January 2 of the year of the general
election. A political party may also establish a district party committee for
any legislative district.

The county BOS,
on recommendation of the county chairman, or the recommendation of a committee
designated in the bylaws, such as a legislative district committee, must
determine when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman. If a
vacancy exists, then the vacancy must be filled by the county BOS from a list
of names submitted by the county chairman of the appropriate political party.
Only a precinct committeeman who is elected at the primary election before the
date of the state or county organizing meeting may vote at the meeting (A.R.S.

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16-821
;

16-822
;
and
16-823
).

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

Provisions

1.

Requires the list of names for a vacancy for a precinct committeeman to
be submitted by the legislative district chairman or the county chairman,
rather than only the county chairman.

2.

Requires a vacancy for a precinct committeeman to be filled by the
county BOS from the list of names within 30 days after the date the complete
and correct list of names is submitted to the county BOS.

3.

Requires a person who wishes to fill the precinct committeeman vacancy
to submit an application to the chairman who is authorized to submit the list
of names for the vacancy.

4.

Makes technical changes.

5.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by
Committee of the Whole

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Requires the county BOS to fill the vacancy for the office of
precinct committeeman within 30 days, rather than 5 days, after the complete
and correct list of names is submitted.

Senate Action

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Prepared by Senate Research

March 2, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1825 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

precinct
committeemen; vacancy; application

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1825

AN
ACT

amending section 16-821, Arizona Revised Statutes;
relating to political parties.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section
1.
1. Section
16-821, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
16-821.

County committee; vacancy in office of precinct committeeman

A. At the primary election the members of a
political party
who are
entitled to representation
pursuant to section 16-804
residing

and
who reside
in each precinct shall choose one of their number as a county
precinct committeeman, and the members shall choose one additional precinct
committeeman for each one hundred twenty-five voters or major fraction
thereof
who are
registered in the party in the precinct
as reported pursuant to section 16-168, subsection
G

H
on January 2 of the year in which the general election
is held. The whole number of precinct committeemen of a political
party shall constitute the county committee of the party.

B. The board of supervisors
upon

on
the recommendation of the county chairman, or the
recommendation of a committee designated in the bylaws of the county committee
for that purpose, shall determine when a vacancy exists in the office of
precinct committeeman. If a vacancy exists, the vacancy shall be
filled by the board of supervisors from a list of names submitted by the
county

legislative district
chairman
for a district that is organized pursuant to section 16-823, or
by the county chairman, in all other cases,
of the appropriate political
party
within
thirty days after the date on
which the
complete and correct list of names is submitted
to the board of supervisors
.
A person who
wishes to fill the precinct committeeman vacancy shall submit an application to
the chairman who is authorized to submit the list of names for that vacancy.
�Only
a precinct committeeman
who is
elected at the primary
election
prior to

before
the date of
a state or county committee organizing meeting shall be
permitted

allowed
to vote at
such

the
meeting. The criteria used to establish when a
vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman shall be as established
in section 38-291.
END_STATUTE