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AZ HB2662
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/23/2026
Primary Sponsor
Michele Pena
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AI Summary
- Requires expert witnesses testifying about domestic violence or abuse in parenting time proceedings to have both expertise and clinical experience working with victims, not solely forensic experience
- Limits psychological testing, principles, diagnoses, and concepts used by expert witnesses to those empirically established and generally accepted as valid and reliable
- Prohibits courts from allowing evidence from polygraph examinations, voice-stress analysis, or other psychological measures in these proceedings
- Defines "forensic" as professional activity undertaken pursuant to court order or for litigation use, including evaluation or treatment of parties in parenting time cases
- Adds new section 25-407.01 to Arizona Revised Statutes governing expert witness qualifications in parenting time hearings involving domestic violence or abuse allegations
Legislative Description
Parenting time; expert testimony; qualifications
Qualifications
Last Action
Senate read second time
3/9/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules3/5/2026
Federalism2/23/2026
Rules1/22/2026
Judiciary1/22/2026
Full Bill Text
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