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AZ SB1284

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Shawnna Bolick

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Clarifies that a red light violation occurs when a vehicle fails to come to a complete stop and would have entered the intersection but for another vehicle or obstruction
  • Requires drivers convicted of running a red light to attend traffic survival school within 60 days or face license suspension until completion
  • Mandates that law enforcement provide written notice to red light violators about defensive driving school and traffic survival school requirements
  • Expands liability for causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation to include accidents occurring "simultaneously with or in the course of" the violation, not just those directly resulting from it
  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes sections 28-645 and 28-672 relating to traffic control signals and moving violations causing injury or death

Legislative Description

Moving violations; red light

Penalties

Last Action

House read second time

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules3/11/2026
Transportation and Infrastructure3/10/2026
Rules1/22/2026
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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