AZ HB2721

Prohibits prosecution of individuals for sex trafficking offenses if they demonstrate by preponderance of evidence that they committed the acts as a direct result of being a victim of sex trafficking or child sex trafficking under Arizona law

Allows persons convicted of trafficking-related offenses to petition the court to vacate or modify their conviction or sentence if they prove by clear and convincing evidence they were trafficking victims who acted under force, threats, coercion, or reasonable fear of harm

Defines "trafficking-related offense" as recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, obtaining, or grooming another person for commercial sexual exploitation

Applies retroactively regardless of the person's age at the time of conviction

Section 13-909.01 (conviction vacatur provision) requires a three-fourths vote of both legislative chambers to take effect under the Arizona Constitution