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AZ HB2603

Bill

Status

Passed

4/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Quang Nguyen

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes sections 17-309 and 17-340 to include deferred prosecution agreements alongside convictions and juvenile adjudications as grounds for license revocation, suspension, or denial.

  • Allows license revocation for up to five years upon conviction or entering a deferred prosecution agreement for unlawful wildlife taking or possession.

  • Establishes that second and third deferred prosecution agreements for unlawful wildlife taking trigger enhanced penalties, including up to ten years suspension for a second offense and permanent revocation for a third offense.

  • Requires temporary license revocation to terminate once a person completes deferred prosecution program requirements, has charges dismissed, completes required training, and pays all civil penalties in full.

  • Changes "permit" to "allow" in section 17-309 regarding wasting wildlife, and modifies related penalty classifications for violations involving permanent revocation status.

Legislative Description

Hunting; fishing; license; deferred prosecution

Game And Fish - Title 17

Last Action

Chapter 54

4/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules3/3/2025
Natural Resources2/25/2025
Rules1/27/2025
Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs1/27/2025

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