HB 2379 Summary

• Prohibits Arizona courts from using, implementing, or incorporating religious sectarian law (including Sharia Law, Canon Law, and Halacha) or foreign law as controlling or influential authority in judicial decisions.

• Voids any judicial decision or ratification of private agreements that rely on religious sectarian or foreign law, declares such decisions appealable error, and makes reliance grounds for impeachment and removal from office.

• Applies the restriction to federal courts sitting in diversity jurisdiction in Arizona.

• Exempts statutes and case law based on Anglo-American legal tradition, laws inherited from Great Britain before the effective date, and recognition of traditional marriage.

• Defines "foreign body" to include the United Nations, European Union, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and similar international organizations, unless the law was properly ratified as a U.S. treaty.