SB 1171 Summary

• Requires county attorneys in counties with populations of 2 million or more to report felony case data every six months to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, beginning 12 months after enactment.

• Reports must include case disposition information (indictments, pleas, trial outcomes), defendant demographics (age, race, gender, language, disability status), and sentencing details across multiple categories.

• Mandates reporting of drug-related charges with specific weight information for controlled substances, with standardized notation for unavailable data.

• Requires the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to consolidate data, calculate recidivism rates for 5, 10, and 15-year periods, and publish aggregate and case-level data on its website in machine-readable, publicly accessible format.

• Appropriates $300,000 to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission for fiscal year 2020-2021 to complete a criminal justice data inventory report identifying what data exists in state and local criminal justice agencies.