AZ HB2489

Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-2504 regarding escape in the first degree.

Adds "a juvenile secure care facility" to the definition of facilities from which escape in the first degree applies.

Escape in the first degree remains a class 4 felony committed by knowingly escaping or attempting to escape from custody using or threatening physical force or a deadly weapon against another person.

Requires sentences for escape in the first degree to run consecutively to any sentence of imprisonment, confinement in a secure care facility, or community supervision including probation, parole, or work furlough.