Lawful Presence Verification for Public Programs

This bill proposes that Arizona agencies must use a federal government system to verify whether someone is a U.S. citizen or has legal immigration status before allowing them to register to vote, receive a driver’s license or state ID, or qualify for certain public health benefits. The specific system mentioned is the “Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements” (SAVE) program, run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This means that state and county officials would need to check every applicant’s status against federal records as part of their application process.

100.0%

Alignment

Yes

Abstain

House

Passed · Feb 26, 2026 · pass

Legislator	Party	District	Their vote	District vote
Quang Nguyen	Republican	AZ0001L	yes	N/A
Selina Bliss	Republican	AZ0001L	yes	N/A
Justin Wilmeth	Republican	AZ0002L	yes	N/A
Stephanie Simacek	Democratic	AZ0002L	no	N/A
Alex Kolodin	Republican	AZ0003L	yes	N/A
Joseph Chaplik	Republican	AZ0003L	N/A	N/A
Matt Gress	Republican	AZ0004L	yes	N/A
Pamela Carter	Republican	AZ0004L	yes	N/A
Aaron Marquez	Democratic	AZ0005L	no	N/A
Sarah Liguori	Democratic	AZ0005L	no	N/A
Mae Peshlakai	Democratic	AZ0006L	N/A	N/A
Myron Tsosie	Democratic	AZ0006L	no	N/A
David Marshall	Republican	AZ0007L	yes	N/A
Walt Blackman	Republican	AZ0007L	yes	N/A
Brian Garcia	Democratic	AZ0008L	no	N/A
Janeen Connolly	Democratic	AZ0008L	no	N/A
Lorena Austin	Democratic	AZ0009L	no	N/A
Seth Blattman	Democratic	AZ0009L	N/A	N/A
Justin Olson	Republican	AZ0010L	yes	yes
Ralph Heap	Republican	AZ0010L	yes	yes
Junelle Cavero	Democratic	AZ0011L	no	N/A
Oscar De Los Santos	Democratic	AZ0011L	N/A	N/A
Patty Contreras	Democratic	AZ0012L	no	N/A
Stacey Travers	Democratic	AZ0012L	no	N/A
Jeff Weninger	Republican	AZ0013L	yes	N/A
Julie Willoughby	Republican	AZ0013L	yes	N/A
Khyl Powell	Republican	AZ0014L	yes	yes
Laurin Hendrix	Republican	AZ0014L	N/A	yes
Michael Way	Republican	AZ0015L	yes	N/A
Neal Carter	Republican	AZ0015L	yes	N/A
Chris Lopez	Republican	AZ0016L	yes	N/A
Teresa Martinez	Republican	AZ0016L	yes	N/A
Kevin Volk	Democratic	AZ0017L	no	N/A
Rachel Keshel	Republican	AZ0017L	yes	N/A
Chris Mathis	Democratic	AZ0018L	no	N/A
Nancy Gutierrez	Democratic	AZ0018L	no	N/A
Gail Griffin	Republican	AZ0019L	yes	N/A
Lupe Diaz	Republican	AZ0019L	yes	N/A
Alma Hernández	Democratic	AZ0020L	N/A	N/A
Betty Villegas	Democratic	AZ0020L	no	N/A
Consuelo Hernandez	Democratic	AZ0021L	N/A	no
Stephanie Stahl Hamilton	Democratic	AZ0021L	no	no
Elda Luna-Nájera	Democratic	AZ0022L	no	N/A
Lupe Contreras	Democratic	AZ0022L	no	N/A
Mariana Sandoval	Democratic	AZ0023L	no	N/A
Michele Peña	Republican	AZ0023L	yes	N/A
Anna Abeytia	Democratic	AZ0024L	no	N/A
Lydia Hernandez	Democratic	AZ0024L	no	N/A
Michael Carbone	Republican	AZ0025L	yes	N/A
Nick Kupper	Republican	AZ0025L	yes	N/A
Cesar Aguilar	Democratic	AZ0026L	no	N/A
Quantá Crews	Democratic	AZ0026L	no	N/A
Lisa Fink	Republican	AZ0027L	yes	N/A
Tony Rivero	Republican	AZ0027L	yes	N/A
Beverly Pingerelli	Republican	AZ0028L	yes	N/A
David Livingston	Republican	AZ0028L	yes	N/A
James Taylor	Republican	AZ0029L	yes	N/A
Steve Montenegro	Republican	AZ0029L	yes	N/A
John Gillette	Republican	AZ0030L	yes	N/A
Leo Biasiucci	Republican	AZ0030L	yes	N/A