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AZ HB2158

Bill

Status

Passed

4/20/2021

Primary Sponsor

John Kavanagh

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Requires the Arizona Supreme Court to maintain a central repository for injunctions against harassment, workplace harassment injunctions, and domestic violence protective orders that courts must enter within 24 hours of service.

  • Courts must register protective orders with the National Crime Information Center and law enforcement can access the repository to verify the existence and validity of orders.

  • Expands notification requirements for employers seeking workplace harassment injunctions to make good faith efforts to provide notice to targeted individuals before petitioning the court.

  • Clarifies that protective order effectiveness does not depend on registration in the central repository, and copies of orders are presumed valid for one year from service date regardless of registration status.

  • Makes conforming amendments to sections 12-1809, 12-1810, 13-3602, and 13-3624 of Arizona Revised Statutes to establish uniform procedures for maintaining and registering various types of protective orders.

Legislative Description

Protective orders; central repository; notification

Fees

Last Action

Chapter 258

4/20/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules2/23/2021
Judiciary2/22/2021
Rules1/21/2021
Judiciary1/20/2021

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