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AZ HB2711
Bill
Status
1/31/2012
Primary Sponsor
Tom Chabin
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AI Summary
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Amends section 13-3553 to reclassify sexual exploitation of a minor offenses, distinguishing between production (class 2 felony, or dangerous crime against children if victim under 15) and possession/distribution offenses.
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Creates a new "personal use" exception for possession offenses committed solely for personal viewing, reducing the classification from class 2 felony to class 6 felony, unless the offender has prior sex offense registration requirements.
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Defines "personal use" as transporting, receiving, purchasing, electronically transmitting, possessing or duplicating visual depictions of minors engaged in sexual conduct exclusively for the person's own viewing.
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Establishes a one-time disproportionality review process for inmates sentenced under the prior version of section 13-3553, allowing the board of executive clemency to recommend sentence commutation if the sentence is clearly excessive under the new law.
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Requires the board of executive clemency to complete all disproportionality reviews by December 31, 2013, with the review provision repealing on June 30, 2014.
Legislative Description
Sexual exploitation; children; classification
Last Action
Referred to House JUD Committee
2/1/2012