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AZ SB1510

Bill

Status

Vetoed

5/18/2016

Primary Sponsor

Adam Driggs

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona law to make juveniles sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term eligible for parole upon completion of that minimum sentence, regardless of when the offense was committed.

  • Creates a new parole eligibility pathway for individuals currently serving life sentences without possibility of release for offenses committed before age 18, allowing parole eligibility after 25 years of service.

  • Extends pardon and commutation restriction periods to five years for offenses committed on or after January 1, 2016, and adds parole eligibility requirements for certain juvenile offenders.

  • Requires the Board of Executive Clemency to consider whether society will be adequately protected when deciding parole for juveniles sentenced to life without parole who become eligible under the new law.

  • Mandates global position system monitoring for individuals on parole pursuant to the new juvenile parole eligibility provisions in addition to those convicted of dangerous crimes against children.

Legislative Description

Incompetent persons; mental health evaluations

Last Action

Governor Vetoed

5/18/2016

Full Bill Text

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