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AZ SB1547

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/1/2021

Primary Sponsor

Martin Quezada

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Repeals multiple aggravating sentencing factors from Arizona law, including: property value (paragraph 3), presence of an accomplice (paragraph 4), pecuniary consideration (paragraphs 6-7), prior felony conviction within 10 years (paragraph 11), remote stun gun use (paragraph 22), vehicle flight from police (paragraph 23), and mask/disguise use (paragraph 26).

  • Renumbers remaining aggravating factors in sections 13-701, 13-702, and 13-703, reducing the total list from 27 to 18 aggravating circumstances.

  • Removes language requiring courts to determine prior felony convictions as aggravating factors, shifting that determination back to the trier of fact in most cases.

  • Applies changes to sentencing provisions for first-time felony offenders, category one, two, and three repetitive offenders across all felony classes.

Legislative Description

Sentencing; aggravating factors; repeal

Sentencing

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/2/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules2/2/2021
Judiciary2/1/2021

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