technical correction; juvenile offenders; notice

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how victims are notified or specific situations that allow for less than five days' notice, leaving these points as limits and unknowns.

Technical Fix for Juvenile Court Notices

This bill amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 8-390 to clarify how courts notify prosecutors about changes in scheduled juvenile court proceedings and upcoming hearings.

What This Bill Does

• Amends the law so that courts must give timely notice to the prosecutor's office of any changes in scheduled juvenile court proceedings.
• Requires courts to provide at least five days' notice before most types of juvenile court proceedings, except for detention hearings.
• Allows courts to give less than five days' notice if it is not reasonable and requires them to explain why this shorter notice was necessary.

Who It Names or Affects

• Courts that handle juvenile cases
• Prosecutors' offices involved in juvenile cases

Terms To Know

Juvenile offenders

People under the age of 18 who have been accused or found guilty of breaking laws.

Detention hearings

Court meetings to decide if a juvenile should be kept in custody before their trial.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how victims are notified, only that prosecutors must notify them when they receive notice from the court.
• It is unclear what specific situations would allow for less than five days' notice to be given.

Official Summary Text

HB2623 - technical correction; juvenile offenders; notice

Current Bill Text

HB2623 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; juvenile offenders; notice

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2623

Introduced by

Representative
Kolodin

AN
ACT

Amending section 8-390, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to juvenile offenders.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 8-390, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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8-390.

Notice of proceedings

A. The court shall give notice to the prosecutor's
office in a timely manner of any changes in scheduled proceedings.

B. Except for detention hearings the court shall
provide notice of all proceedings to the prosecutor's office at least five days
before a scheduled proceeding.

C. If the court finds that it is not reasonable to
provide the five days' notice to the prosecutor's office pursuant to subsection
B
of this section
, the court shall state in the record
why it was not reasonable to provide five days' notice.

D. On receiving the notice from the court, the
prosecutor's office
shall
, on request,
shall

provide notice to the victim in a timely manner of scheduled proceedings
,
and
any changes in the schedule
and that a predisposition or disposition proceeding may occur immediately
following adjudication.
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