AZ HB2043

Expands Arizona's first-degree felony murder statute to explicitly include the death of an unborn child as a qualifying victim when death occurs during the commission of enumerated felonies

Adds "including an unborn child" to the felony murder provision (subsection A, paragraph 2) covering deaths that occur during crimes such as sexual assault, kidnapping, burglary, arson, robbery, drug offenses, child abuse, and drive-by shootings

Extends existing unborn child protections in premeditated murder (paragraph 1) to also apply to felony murder (paragraph 2), applying to an unborn child at any stage of development

Maintains existing exemptions protecting those performing lawful abortions with consent, providing medical treatment, or the unborn child's mother from prosecution

First-degree murder remains a class 1 felony punishable by death or life imprisonment under Arizona law