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AZ SB1170

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Carine Werner

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Creates enhanced sentencing for selling narcotic drugs that cause the death of a minor, with mandatory prison terms of 10 years minimum, 16 years presumptive, and 25 years maximum when the drug sold contributed to and was a "but for" cause of the minor's death

  • Applies to violations of existing law prohibiting the sale, transport for sale, import, transfer, or offer to sell narcotic drugs (A.R.S. § 13-3408, subsection A, paragraph 7)

  • Makes technical amendments changing "the person" to "a person" in existing fentanyl sentencing provisions for sales of 200+ grams and possession in motor vehicles of 200+ grams

  • Designates the legislation as "Noah's Law"

Legislative Description

Narcotic drugs; sales; minor; sentencing

Sentencing

Last Action

Senate additional Committee of the Whole action: Do Pass Amended

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/20/2026
Judiciary and Elections1/20/2026

Full Bill Text

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