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HB2046 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2046
annual probation
review; prehearing; notification
Purpose
Adds prehearings for probation reviews of certain probationers to the
probation hearings for which notification must be provided to specified
individuals.
Background
The court must conduct a probation hearing, if requested by the
probationer, at least once per year if the probationer is under 22 years old
and committed an offense requiring the person to register as a sex offender
when the person was under
18 years old. The
prosecutor, attorney for the probationer, any victim, the victim's attorney and
the probationer's probation officer must be notified of the probation hearing.
After hearing from the individuals notified and present at the probation
hearing, the court must consider whether to: 1) continue, modify or terminate
probation; 2) continue to require, suspend or terminate the probationer's sex
offender registration; and
3) continue, defer or terminate community notification requirements for persons
on the sex offender registry. The court may hold a prehearing involving the
individuals who are to be notified of the probation hearing to discuss and
advise the court on the outlined considerations relating to the probationer's
probation, registration and community notifications (
A.R.S.
� 13-923
).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state
General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1.
Adds
prehearings for probation reviews of persons under 22 years old who committed
an offense requiring the person to register as a sex offender when the person
was under 18 years old to the probation hearings for which notification must be
provided to the:
a)
prosecutor;
b)
probationer's attorney;
c)
probation officer;
d)
any victim; and
e)
victim's attorney.
2.
Makes
technical changes.
3.
Becomes
effective on the general effective date.
House Action
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Chapter 0036 - 572R - H Ver of HB2046
House Engrossed
annual probation
review; prehearing; notification
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
CHAPTER 36
HOUSE BILL 2046
AN
ACT
amending section 13-923, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to probation.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-923, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
13-923.
Persons convicted of sexual offenses; annual probation review
hearing; report; notification
A. If requested by the probationer, the court shall
conduct a probation hearing at least once a year for a probationer who is under
twenty-two years of age and who was convicted of an offense that occurred
when the person was under eighteen years of age and that requires the
probationer to register pursuant to section 13-3821.
B. This section does not preclude the court from
conducting more than one probation review hearing each year.
C. The probation department that is supervising the
probationer shall prepare a probation report and submit the report to the court
prior to
before
the hearing.
D. The following individuals shall be notified of
the
probation
hearing
and any prehearing
that are held pursuant to this section
:
1. A prosecutor.
2. An attorney for the probationer.
3. Any victim or victim's attorney who has a right
to be present and heard pursuant to the victims' bill of rights, article II,
section 2.1
,
of the
Constitution of
this state
Arizona
,
title
13,
chapter 40
of this title
or court rule.
4. The probation officer supervising the
probationer.
E. At the hearing, after hearing from those present
pursuant to subsection D of this section, the court shall consider the
following:
1. Whether to continue, modify or terminate
probation.
2. Whether to continue to require, to suspend or to
terminate the probationer's registration pursuant to section 13-3821.
3. Whether to continue, defer or terminate community
notification pursuant to section 13-3825.
F. The court may hold a prehearing involving the
persons listed in subsection D of this section to discuss and advise the court
concerning the issues listed in subsection E of this section.
END_STATUTE
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 13, 2026.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 13, 2026.