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AZ HB2634

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/30/2020

Primary Sponsor

Walter Blackman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Requires the Attorney General and each county attorney to submit detailed criminal justice reports every six months beginning January 1, 2021, including data on felony and misdemeanor cases, plea agreements, trial outcomes, and sentences.

  • Mandates collection of specific defendant demographic information (age, race, ethnicity, gender, language, disability status) and case details (charges, dates, bail amounts, diversion offers, discovery disclosures) for each individual case.

  • Requires separate reporting on drug-related charges with drug type and weight information, and mandates annual publication by county attorneys and public defenders' offices of staffing, caseload, and resource expenditure data.

  • Directs the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to serve as the central collection point, consolidate data within 60 days, calculate recidivism rates, and publish all reports on their website in machine-readable, publicly accessible format without personal identifying information.

  • Authorizes the Attorney General to withhold state funding distribution to county attorneys that fail to comply with reporting requirements, with funding restored only after full compliance and Attorney General certification.

Legislative Description

Criminal justice case information; reporting

Reporting

Last Action

House read second time

2/3/2020

Full Bill Text

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