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AZ SB1723

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Javan Mesnard

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits awarding joint legal decision-making or unsupervised parenting time when courts find significant domestic violence or a significant history of domestic violence, requiring consideration of seriousness, frequency, recency, and impact of the violence.

  • Requires electronic monitoring and a no-contact order with the victim for defendants charged with felony domestic violence offenses resulting in physical harm who are released on bail or recognizance.

  • Allows courts to require domestic violence defendants, following a hearing, to provide identifying information (residence, employment, vehicle) to plaintiffs when there is prior history of harm and reasonable cause to believe physical harm would otherwise result.

  • Defines "significant domestic violence" to include threatened or actual physical/emotional injury, use of firearms or dangerous weapons to intimidate, and patterns of coercive or controlling behavior such as monitoring activities, isolation, or threats of self-harm.

  • Removes successful completion of batterer's prevention, alcohol/drug counseling, or parenting programs as standalone factors for rebutting the presumption against custody, though courts may still consider program completion alongside other evidence.

Legislative Description

Domestic violence; release conditions

Domestic Violence

Last Action

Assigned to House RULES Committee

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules3/16/2026
Judiciary3/10/2026
Rules2/5/2026
Judiciary and Elections2/5/2026

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