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HB2064 - 572R - House Bill Summary
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Majority Research Staff
House:
JUD DP 8-1-0-0
HB
2064
: vulnerable pedestrians
Sponsor:
Representative Blackman, LD 7
Caucus
& COW
Overview
Adds
a new section to Title 28 outlining the classification and penalties for a
person who, while driving, injures or kills a
vulnerable pedestrian
.
History
A.R.S. Title 28
, Chapter
3, Article 5 relates to reckless and aggressive driving including the
classification, definition and penalties for reckless driving, wrong way
driving and aggressive driving. These penalties can include attending and
successfully completing traffic survival school, revocation of driving
privileges, fines and up to 45 consecutive days in jail.
Provisions
1.
Establishes
that any person who drives a vehicle and either recklessly or negligently cause
physical injury
to a vulnerable pedestrian is guilty of a class 1
misdemeanor and is subject to the following penalties:
a.
a fine of at
least $2,000;
b.
revocation
of driving privileges for a period of 90 days;
c.
must
complete vulnerable pedestrian awareness training; and
d.
must
complete more than 100 hours of community service at a facility or organization
that specifically serves or aids persons who are blind or visually impaired or
that trains or assists service animals. (Sec. 1)
2.
Establishes
that any person who drives a vehicle and either recklessly or negligently cause
death
or
serious physical injury
to a vulnerable pedestrian is
guilty of a class 4 felony and is subject to the following penalties:
a.
revocation
of driving privileges for a period of 1 year;
b.
must
complete more than 200 hours of community service at a facility or organization
that specifically serves or aids persons who are blind or visually impaired or
that trains or assists service animals;
c.
must attend
and successfully complete traffic survival school. (Sec. 1)
3.
Allows the judge,
when determining sentencing for causing death or serious physical injury to a vulnerable
pedestrian, to consider various aggravating and mitigating factors, as well as the
driver's prior driving record, level of intoxication and severity of harm
caused. (Sec. 1)
4.
Directs
defensive driving schools, traffic survival schools and any other driver
education programs to include educational information relating to vulnerable
pedestrians. (Sec. 1)
5.
Directs the
Arizona Department of Transportation to include information relating to vulnerable
pedestrians in all the department's examination, informational and educational
material. (Sec. 1)
6.
Instructs, when
awarding restitution for a violation of this section, a judge to consider the
following:
a.
long-term
care costs of the injured vulnerable pedestrian;
b.
costs of
mobility aid replacement and any home modification requirements of the injured vulnerable
pedestrian;
c.
emotional
distress suffered by the injured vulnerable pedestrian; and
d.
all costs
incurred from the training of an injured service animal. (Sec. 1)
7.
Defines
vulnerable
pedestrian
as a pedestrian who has a physical disability or disabilities
and who uses a mobility aid or aids, including a white cane used by the blind
or a service animal. (Sec. 1)
8.
Defines
other pertinent terms. (Sec. 1)
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HB2064 - 572R - I Ver
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REFERENCE TITLE:
vulnerable pedestrians
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HB 2064
Introduced by
Representative
Blackman
AN
ACT
AMENDING title 28, chapter 3, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-696; relating to
PEDESTRIANS.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 28, chapter 3, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-696, to read:
START_STATUTE
28-696.
Physical injury to vulnerable pedestrians; violation;
classification; educational information requirements; definitions
A. A person who drives a vehicle and
recklessly or negligently causes physical injury to a vulnerable pedestrian is
guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.� A person who is convicted of a violation of
this subsection shall:
1. Pay a fine of at least $2,000.
2. Surrender to a peace officer the
driver license of the person.� The judge shall forward the abstract of
conviction to the department and order the department to suspend the persons
driving privilege for ninety days.
3. Complete vulnerable pedestrian
awareness training pursuant to this section.
4. Complete not less than one hundred
hours of community service at a facility or organization that serves or aids
persons who are blind or visually impaired or that trains or assists service
animals.
B. A person who drives a vehicle and
who recklessly or negligently causes death or serious physical injury to a
vulnerable pedestrian is guilty of a class 4 felony.� A person who is convicted
of a violation of this subsection shall:
1. Surrender to a peace officer the
driver license of the person.� The judge shall forward the abstract of
conviction to the department and order the department to suspend the person's
driving privilege for one year.
2. Complete not less than two hundred
hours of community service at a facility or organization that serves or aids
persons who are blind or visually impaired or that trains or assists service
animals.
3. Attend and successfully complete
traffic survival school as provided in chapter 8, article 7.1 of this title.
C. The presumptive term imposed by
subsection B of this section may be mitigated or aggravated pursuant to section
13-701, subsections C, D and E.� The Judge may consider the driver's
prior driving record, level of intoxication or severity of harm caused for the
purpose of determining the sentence.
D. Defensive driving school courses
offered by defensive driving schools operated pursuant to chapter 8, article 7
of this title, traffic survival school operated pursuant to chapter 8, article
7.1 of this title and any driver education program approved by the department
shall include educational information relating to this section to bring
awareness to vulnerable pedestrians. The department shall include
information relating to this section in each of the department's examination
and informational and educational material.
E. Restitution awarded pursuant to
section 13-603 as a result of a violation of this section shall consider:
1. Long-term care costs of the
injured vulnerable pedestrian.
2. Costs of mobility aid replacement
and any home modification requirements of the injured vulnerable pedestrian.
3. Emotional distress suffered by the
injured vulnerable pedestrian.
4. Costs of training any injured
service animal.
F. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Serious physical
injury" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-105.
2. "Service animal" has the
same meaning prescribed in section 41-1491.
3. "Vulnerable pedestrian"
means a pedestrian who has a physical disability or disabilities and who uses a
mobility aid or aids, including a white cane or other visual aid that is used
by an individual who is blind or visually impaired or a service animal.
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