HB 2463 Summary: Arizona Sentencing Commission

• Establishes the Arizona Sentencing Commission with 24 members including the Chief Justice, corrections and probation directors, legislators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and university faculty experts in criminology and law.

• Commission responsibilities include collecting recidivism data, monitoring probation departments and correctional facilities, evaluating sentencing practices, and submitting annual reports to the legislature's judiciary committees.

• Requires the commission to consider public safety, economic efficiency, just punishment, deterrence, and offender rehabilitation when evaluating sentencing policies and practices.

• Provides that appointed commission members serve three-year terms with staggered start dates through January 2017, and receive no compensation but are eligible for expense reimbursement.

• Establishes a termination date of July 1, 2024 for the commission, with the authorizing statute repealed on January 1, 2025.