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AZ SB1423

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2019

Primary Sponsor

Martin Quezada

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature - First Regular Session (2019)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-105 to redefine "historical prior felony conviction" for sentencing purposes.

  • Changes the lookback period for class 2 and 3 felonies from ten years to six years immediately preceding the present offense, excluding time spent on absconder status, escape status, or incarcerated.

  • Maintains existing categories of convictions that count as historical prior felonies, including dangerous offenses, crimes against children, aggravated DUI, and criminal enterprise convictions regardless of age.

  • Preserves the five-year lookback period for class 4, 5, and 6 felonies and out-of-state felony convictions committed within five years of the present offense.

  • Specifies that time exclusions for absconder, escape, or incarceration status apply when calculating whether prior offenses fall within applicable lookback periods.

Legislative Description

Historical prior felony conviction; definition

Sentencing

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/6/2019

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