juvenile restoration; rights; firearms; civil

Plain English Breakdown

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Juvenile Restoration; Rights; Firearms; Civil

This bill lowers the age at which certain individuals can request to have their firearm rights restored after a juvenile felony conviction.

What This Bill Does

• Reduces the age from 30 to 25 for people convicted of dangerous or serious offenses as juveniles to apply for restoration of firearm rights.
• Requires other offenders to complete court-ordered conditions, probation terms, or be discharged from juvenile corrections before applying for firearm rights restoration.
• Removes a two-year waiting period after release for individuals with non-dangerous felony convictions to request the restoration of their firearm rights.

Who It Names or Affects

• Individuals who were adjudicated delinquent as juveniles and have been convicted of dangerous or serious offenses.
• People who were adjudicated delinquent for any other felony offense.

Terms To Know

Dangerous Offense

An offense involving the discharge, use, or brandishing of a deadly weapon or causing serious physical injury to another person.

Serious Offense

Includes crimes such as first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter, sexual assault, and child sex trafficking.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact process for restoring firearm rights after meeting the conditions.
• It is unclear how this change will affect public safety or juvenile rehabilitation outcomes.

Official Summary Text

HB2676 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House:
GOV DP 7-0-0-0

HB
2676
: juvenile restoration; rights; firearms; civil

Sponsor:
Representative Hernandez A, LD 20

House
Engrossed

Overview

Lowers
thresholds for the juvenile restoration of firearm rights subsequent to a
juvenile felony criminal conviction.

History

Minors convicted of delinquency are restricted from applying
for the right to possessing a firearm until certain conditions are met,
dependent on the type of crime. Delinquents convicted of dangerous offenses,
serious offenses, second-degree burglary or arson are prohibited from applying
until the age of 30. Delinquents convicted of any other felony offense are
prohibited from applying until two years after release (
A.R.S. � 8-249
).

Dangerous offenses are offenses involving the discharge, use
or brandishing of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or the intentional or
knowing infliction of serious physical injury on another person (
A.R.S. � 13-105
).

Serious offenses are any of the following: 1) first-degree
murder; 2) second-degree murder; 3) manslaughter; 4) aggravated assault
resulting in serious physical injury or involving the discharge, use or
threatening exhibition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; 5) sexual
assault; 6) any dangerous crime against children; 7) arson of an occupied
structure; 8) armed robbery; 9) first-degree burglary; 10) kidnapping; 11)
sexual conduct with a minor under fifteen years of age; and 12) child sex
trafficking (
A.R.S. � 13-706
).

Provisions

1.

Lowers the
age at which a person who was an adjudicated delinquent for outlined offenses
can request for the restoration of the right to possess or carry a firearm from
30 years to 25 years of age. (Sec. 1)

2.

Stipulates that
a person who was an adjudicated delinquent for any other offense other than the
outlined ones cannot request for the restoration of the right to possess or
carry a firearm until they:

a.

complete any
court-ordered conditions;

b.

complete the
terms of their probation; or

c.

are
discharged from the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. (Sec. 1)

3.

Removes the
timeline restriction for a person who was an adjudicated delinquent for any
other offense other than the outlined ones to request the restoration of the
right to possess or carry a firearm. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2676 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

juvenile restoration;
rights; firearms; civil

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2676

AN
ACT

amending
section 8-249, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to juvenile court.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 8-249, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
8-249.

Restoration of the right to possess or carry a firearm; persons
adjudicated delinquent

A. A person who was adjudicated delinquent and whose
period of probation has been completed may have the right to possess or carry a
firearm restored by the superior court in the county where the person was
adjudicated at the end of the person's term of probation.

B. A person who was adjudicated delinquent and who
has been discharged from probation, on proper application, may have the right
to carry or possess a firearm restored by the judge of the juvenile court in
the county where the person was adjudicated delinquent or the judge's
successors.� The clerk of the superior court shall process the application on
the request of the person involved or the person's attorney. The
clerk of the superior court shall serve a copy of the application on the county
attorney.� The clerk of the superior court may not charge a filing fee for the
application.

C. If the person's adjudication was for a dangerous
offense under section 13-704, a serious offense as defined in section 13-706,
burglary in the first degree, burglary in the second degree or arson, the
person may not file for the restoration of the right to possess or carry a
firearm until the person attains
thirty

twenty-five

years of age. If the person's adjudication was for any other
felony offense, the person may not file for the restoration of the right to
possess or carry a firearm
for two years from the date of the
person's discharge
until the person does any of the
following:

1. Completes any court-ordered
conditions.

2. Completes the person's term of
probation.

3. Is discharged from the department
of juvenile corrections
.
END_STATUTE