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AZ SB1192

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/19/2021

Primary Sponsor

Kirsten Engel

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona law to allow school administrators to refer students involved in drug violations to at-risk student programs as an alternative to immediately reporting to law enforcement.

  • Modifies the mandatory reporting requirement for school personnel to permit referral to appropriate intervention programs when the violation involves a student, while maintaining the requirement to report to peace officers for non-student violations.

  • Maintains existing penalties for drug violations in drug-free school zones, including felony charges with one-year sentence enhancements and mandatory fines of at least $2,000 or three times the drug value.

  • Defines drug-free school zones as areas within 300 feet of school grounds, public property within 1,000 feet of school grounds, school bus stops, and school buses.

  • Clarifies that school personnel or administrators who fail to report or refer students as prescribed face criminal liability as a class 3 misdemeanor.

Legislative Description

Schools; drug violations; reporting options

Schools

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/20/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules1/20/2021
Judiciary1/19/2021

Full Bill Text

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