SB1250 Summary

• Amends Arizona law on injunctions against harassment (A.R.S. § 12-1809) to include acts of sexual violence as defined in section 23-371 as a standalone form of harassment.

• Defines "harassment" to mean either a series of acts directed at a specific person that would cause reasonable alarm/annoyance, or one or more acts of sexual violence.

• Effective date is December 31, 2019, allowing courts to issue injunctions against harassment based on sexual violence without requiring a pattern of conduct.