REFERENCE TITLE: voter registration; felonies; clerk; database

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

SB 1477

Introduced by

Senators Townsend: Borrelli, Livingston; Representatives Burges, Fillmore

AN ACT

amending title 16, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 16-123; relating to qualification and registration of electors.

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

Section 1. Title 16, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 16-123, to read:

START_STATUTE16-123. Clerk of the court; secretary of state; county recorder; notice of conviction

Each month the clerk of the superior court shall transmit to the secretary of state without charge a record of every felony conviction in that county within the preceding month. This record shall include only the name of the person convicted and the person's date of birth, social security number, if available, usual legal residence and, if available, father's name or mother's maiden name.  The secretary of state shall use the record for the sole purpose of canceling the names of convicted felons from the statewide voter registration database and shall notify the appropriate county recorder, and that county recorder shall cancel the voter registration of the convicted felon. END_STATUTE