AZ HB2301

Allows courts to depart from mandatory prison sentences and impose shorter sentences or probation if the court finds the mandatory sentence would result in injustice to the defendant and is not necessary for public protection.

Does not apply to convictions involving death or serious physical injury, offenses against minors listed in chapter 14 (with limited exception for consensual conduct between defendants under 19 and victims 15-17 where age difference is no more than 24 months), or continuing criminal enterprises.

Requires courts to state on the record the reason for departing from a mandatory prison sentence in each case.

Directs the administrative office of the courts to submit an annual report to the Arizona criminal justice commission containing the defendant's name, age, race, and gender for each case where a mandatory sentence was departed from.

Known as the "Arizona Judicial Discretion Act."