AZ SB1314

Amends Arizona law to require peace officers responding to domestic violence calls to evaluate each party's actions and determine if one party is the "predominant aggressor" before potentially arresting both parties.

Allows officers to decline to arrest the non-predominant aggressor party and requires consideration of factors including prior domestic violence acts, injuries, coercive control behaviors, statement plausibility, and other relevant evidence.

Defines "coercive control" as a pattern of controlling and psychologically destructive behaviors including demeaning language, restricting social activities or financial access, threats of suicide or harm to children/pets, monitoring communications, and impeding reports to law enforcement.

Requires peace officers to evaluate whether probable cause exists that each party independently committed a separate act of domestic violence before arresting both parties in domestic violence cases involving physical injury or use of weapons.

Requires officers to conduct child welfare checks when responding to domestic violence calls where minors are present to determine if children are safe and whether they may be victims of domestic violence or child abuse.