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AZ HB2200

Bill

Status

Passed

4/4/2017

Primary Sponsor

Heather Carter

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-3825 to require that community notification for level two and level three sex offenders be disseminated in nonelectronic format to neighborhoods, schools, community groups, and prospective employers.

  • Adds new subsection H allowing law enforcement agencies to establish electronic notification processes, but only for individuals who affirmatively choose to receive notifications electronically; electronic notification supplements but does not replace required nonelectronic notification.

  • Maintains existing requirements that notifications include the offender's photograph, exact address, and summary of criminal background, with press releases distributed to local electronic and print media.

  • Preserves law enforcement authority to provide additional community notices about circumstances or persons posing danger to the community beyond the statutory sex offender notification requirements.

  • Retains existing provisions regarding notification timelines, risk assessments, sheriff and local law enforcement responsibilities, and exceptions for juvenile offenders and pre-1996 convictions pending risk assessment completion.

Legislative Description

Community notification; form of notice

Criminal Code

Last Action

Chapter 135

4/4/2017

Full Bill Text

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