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AZ HB2154

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2020

Primary Sponsor

Walter Blackman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Requires agencies supervising probation, parole, and community supervision to adopt policies implementing evidence-based practices within four years of the bill's effective date.

  • Mandates agencies use objective risk assessment tools, develop individualized case plans for moderate to high-risk persons, and implement swift and proportionate responses to both compliant and noncompliant behaviors.

  • Requires 30 percent of state program monies to be spent on evidence-based programs within four years, and directs agencies to eliminate programs that research shows do not reduce recidivism.

  • Establishes victim protections including restitution requirements, victim impact statements, access to information about rights and services, satisfaction surveys, and facilitation of victim-offender dialogue.

  • Requires annual reports to the governor, legislature, and judicial branch beginning March 1, 2022, detailing implementation progress, percentage of supervised persons under evidence-based practices, program spending, and victim satisfaction survey results.

Legislative Description

Recidivism reduction; evidence-based policies; reports

Sentencing

Last Action

House read second time

1/30/2020

Full Bill Text

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