HB2383 Summary

• Restructures Arizona's sentencing framework by eliminating "mitigated" and "aggravated" sentencing terms and replacing them with "minimum" and "maximum" sentencing ranges for felony convictions.

• Requires courts to impose sentences within prescribed ranges and allows departure only upon specific findings: sentences above the presumptive range require aggravating circumstances found beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury (or admitted by defendant), while sentences below presumptive require mitigating circumstances found by the court.

• Modifies sentencing ranges across multiple felony classes for first-time offenders, repetitive offenders, dangerous offenses, and crimes against children, with specific minimum, presumptive, and maximum terms specified in detailed tables.

• Updates sentencing provisions for specific crimes including sexual assault, child sex trafficking, dangerous drug offenses, unlawful mutilation, and second degree murder with corresponding range adjustments.

• Effective December 31, 2020.