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AZ SB1552

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Analise Ortiz

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Authorizes courts to reduce sentences for defendants convicted of felonies committed before age 25 who have served at least 15 years of their imposed sentence.

  • Requires courts to find that the defendant is not a danger to public safety and that the interests of justice warrant a sentence reduction before granting relief.

  • Court must consider factors including the defendant's age at offense, history, rehabilitation and maturity, medical evaluations, family circumstances, role in the offense, and the diminished culpability of youth.

  • Allows defendants currently serving sentences to file motions for sentence reduction with the sentencing court, which must hold a hearing and state reasons for granting or denying the application in writing.

  • When resentencing, courts may impose sentences below statutory minimums but cannot impose natural life sentences.

Legislative Description

Sentence reductions; offenders under twenty-five

Sentencing

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/10/2025
Judiciary and Elections2/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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