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AZ SB1463

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2022

Primary Sponsor

Wendy Rogers

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, rededication, defacement, or disturbance of statues, monuments, memorials, plaques, streets, bridges, buildings, or parks on public property that honor military history, military figures, military events, military organizations, or military units in Arizona or the United States.

  • Creates an exception allowing relocation, removal, renaming, or alteration of such monuments or memorials with approval by a two-thirds majority vote of both houses of the legislature.

  • Classifies violation as a class 3 felony with mandatory court-ordered restitution that includes at minimum the full cost of repairing or replacing the damaged memorial or historic property.

  • Applies the prohibition to individuals, cities, towns, counties, and other political subdivisions of the state.

  • Defines "public property" as property owned or leased by the state or any county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the state.

Legislative Description

Damage to monuments; memorials; offense

Property

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/31/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules1/27/2022
Judiciary1/27/2022

Full Bill Text

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