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AZ SB1723
Bill
Status
3/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Javan Mesnard
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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