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SB1077 • 2026

interactive computer service; prostitution; violation

SB1077 - interactive computer service; prostitution; violation

Children Crime

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Mark Finchem
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact enforcement mechanisms and funding sources are not detailed in the official source material.

Interactive Computer Service; Prostitution Violation

This bill makes it illegal for people or businesses that run websites in Arizona to use those sites mainly to help with prostitution, sex trafficking involving minors under 15 years old, and other related crimes.

What This Bill Does

Defines using an interactive computer service (like a website) to facilitate, promote, or solicit prostitution as a felony crime.
Classifies the offense differently based on whether it involves sexual material harmful to minors without proper age verification or if there is direct knowledge of child sex trafficking involving minors under 15 years old.
Sets specific prison terms for those convicted of using an interactive computer service in dangerous crimes against children, including a minimum term of 13 years and a maximum term of 27 years.
Specifies that receiving benefits from such activities is also considered a violation.

Who It Names or Affects

People or businesses running websites in Arizona.
Individuals convicted of using interactive computer services for prostitution-related crimes.

Terms To Know

Interactive Computer Service: A service that provides access to the Internet or other computer systems, including websites run by libraries and educational institutions.
Information Content Provider: Someone who creates or develops information provided through the Internet or interactive computer services.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how it will be enforced or funded.
It is unclear what specific age verification methods must be used by commercial entities.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SENATE - Payne flr amend (ref Senate Engrossed Bill) adopted (Adopted)

Adopted

Plain English: Amendment explanation prepared by Samuel Rosenberg 02/12/2026 Bill Number: S.B.

Amendment explanation prepared by Samuel Rosenberg 02/12/2026 Bill Number: S.B.
1077 Payne ADD COW Floor Amendment Reference to: Senate engrossed bill Amendment drafted by: Leg Council F LOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 1.
Specifies that a person or agent of an enterprise is only in violation of the outlined offense for receiving a benefit if the person or agent has actual knowledge that the specific benefit is derived from the facilitation of an interactive computer service or information content provider that facilitates, promotes or solicits prostitution, pandering or child sex trafficking involving a minor who is 15, 16 or 17 years old.
2.

This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

2026-03-09 House
House second read
2026-03-05 House
House Rules: None
2026-03-05 House
House Judiciary: None
2026-03-05 House
House first read
2026-03-02 House
Transmitted to House
2026-03-02 Senate
Senate third read passed
2026-03-02 Senate
Senate amended committee of the whole
2026-01-27 Senate
Senate minority caucus
2026-01-27 Senate
Senate majority caucus
2026-01-26 Senate
Senate consent calendar
2026-01-14 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Rules: PFC
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Public Safety: DP
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1077 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
s.b. 1077

interactive computer service; prostitution; violation

Purpose

Establishes the unlawful use of interactive computer service for the primary
purpose of facilitating, promoting or soliciting prostitution, pandering or sex
trafficking involving a minor as a class 5, 4 or 2 felony, which is punishable
as a
dangerous crime against children
(DCAC), and details various violations
of the offense.

Background

Unless a specific sentence is otherwise provided, the term of
imprisonment for a felony offense in the first degree is a presumptive sentence
of: 1) five years for a class 2 felony; 2) two and a half years for a class 4
felony; and 3) one and a half years for a class 5 felony (
A.R.S.

� 13-702
). DCACs include various serious crimes and sexual offenses
committed against a minor who is under 15 years old, including: 1) second
degree murder; 2) aggravated assault; 3) sexual assault; 4) sexual conduct with
a minor; 5) sexual abuse; 6) sex trafficking; and 7) luring and aggravated
luring of a minor for sexual exploitation (
A.R.S.
� 13-705
).

A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or
distributes material on an internet website of which more than one-third is
sexual material that is harmful to minors must use reasonable age verification
methods to verify that an individual who attempts to access the material is at
least 18 years old. A commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally
publishes or distributes such material or a third-party entity that performs
age verification must require an individual to: 1) provide a form of digital
identification; or 2) comply with a commercial age verification system using
either government-issued information or a commercially reasonable method that
relies on transactional data. Either method used must not cause or allow the
individual's identifying information to be transmitted to any federal, state or
local government entity.
Sexual material that is harmful to minors
is
any material that: 1) the average person applying contemporary community
standards would find, taking the material as a whole with respect to minors, is
designed to appeal to or pander to the prurient interest; 2) in a manner
patently offensive with respect to minors, exploits, is devoted to, or
principally consists of descriptions of actual, simulated or animated displays
or depictions of outlined acts or parts of the body; and

3) taken as a whole, lacks serious literacy, artistic, political or scientific
value for minors (
A.R.S.
� 18-701
).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund
associated with this legislation.

Provisions

Determines that a person or agent of an enterprise who knowingly controls,
keeps, maintains, manages, operates or owns an interactive computer service or
information content provider in Arizona for the primary purpose of
facilitating, promoting or soliciting prostitution, pandering or child sex
trafficking involving a minor that is 15, 16 or 17 years old is classified as:

a class
5 felony;

a
class 4 felony, if the person or agent knowingly exposes sexual material that
is harmful to minors without using reasonable age verification methods to
verify that an individual who attempts to access the material is at least 18 years
old; or

a class
2 felony that is punishable as a DCAC, if the person or agent has direct
knowledge of the occurrence of child sex trafficking involving a minor who is
under 15 years old.

Requires a person who is at least 18 years old, or who has been tried as
an adult, and has been convicted of a DCAC in the first degree involving the
unlawful use of an interactive computer service for the purpose of
facilitating, promoting or soliciting prostitution to be sentenced to
imprisonment for a minimum term

of 13 years, a
presumptive term of 20 years and a maximum term of 27 years.

Deems a person or agent of an enterprise receiving, agreeing to receive
or soliciting any benefit, including service fees, as a violation of the
offense, if the person or agent has actual knowledge that the specific benefit
is derived from the facilitation of an outlined offense.

Deems, as a defense to the prosecution of a violation, a law enforcement
officer acting in the officer's official capacity within the scope of the
officer's authority in the line of duty.

Specifies that it is not a defense to the prosecution of a violation that
a person or agent of an enterprise does not know that the minor is under 15
years old.

Defines
information content provider
as a person or entity that
is responsible, in whole or in part, for creating or developing information
that is provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer
service.

Defines
interactive computer service
as:

an
information service, system or access software provider that provides or
enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including a
service or system that provides access to the Internet and systems or services
that are operated or offered by libraries or educational institutions; and

excluding
a service that is primarily engaged in general purpose search indexing, cloud
computing or providing advertising services to the general public, cable, video
or broadband internet access services or telecommunications services, unless
the service is specifically marketed for the promotion of illegal acts of
prostitution.

Defines
agent
as an officer, director or employee of an
enterprise or any other person who is authorized to act on behalf of the
enterprise.

Defines terms.

10.

Makes
conforming changes.

11.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by
Additional Committee of the Whole

Modifies the unlawful use of an interactive computer service or
information content provider to be for the primary purpose, rather than the
purpose, of facilitating, promoting or soliciting prostitution, pandering or
sex trafficking involving a minor.

Specifies that a person or agent of an enterprise is only in violation
of the offense if the person or agent has actual knowledge that the specific benefit
is derived from facilitating an outlined offense.

Modifies the definition of
interactive computer service
to prescribe
exclusions from the definition.

Makes conforming changes.

Senate Action

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Current Bill Text

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SB1077 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

interactive computer
service; prostitution; violation

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1077

AN
ACT

amending section 13-705, Arizona Revised
Statutes; amending title 13, chapter 32, arizona revised statutes, by adding
section 13-3213; relating to prostitution.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 13-705, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-705.

Dangerous crimes against children; sentences; definitions

A. A person who is at least eighteen years of age
and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against children in the first degree
involving commercial sexual exploitation of a minor or child sex trafficking
and the person has previously been convicted of a dangerous crime against
children in the first degree shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the custody
of the state department of corrections for natural life. A person
who is sentenced to natural life is not eligible for commutation, parole, work
furlough, work release or release from confinement on any basis for the
remainder of the person's natural life.

B. A person who is at least eighteen years of age
and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against children in the first degree
involving sexual assault of a minor who is twelve years of age or younger or
sexual conduct with a minor who is twelve years of age or younger shall be
sentenced to life imprisonment and is not eligible for suspension of sentence,
probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as
specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the
person has served thirty-five years or the sentence is commuted. This
subsection does not apply to masturbatory contact.

C. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
person who is at least eighteen years of age or who has been tried as an adult
and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against children in the first degree
involving attempted first degree murder of a minor who is under twelve years of
age, sexual assault of a minor who is under twelve years of age, sexual conduct
with a minor who is under twelve years of age or manufacturing methamphetamine
under circumstances that cause physical injury to a minor who is under twelve
years of age may be sentenced to life imprisonment and is not eligible for
suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any
basis except as specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A
or B until the person has served thirty-five years or the sentence is
commuted. If a life sentence is not imposed pursuant to this
subsection, the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment as follows:

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years

D. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
person who is at least eighteen years of age or who has been tried as an adult
and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against children in the first degree
involving second degree murder of a minor who is under fifteen years of age may
be sentenced to life imprisonment and is not eligible for suspension of
sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as
specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the person
has served thirty-five years or the sentence is commuted. If a
life sentence is not imposed pursuant to this subsection, the person shall be
sentenced to a term of imprisonment as follows:

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E. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
person who is at least eighteen years of age or who has been tried as an adult
and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against children in the first degree
involving attempted first degree murder of a minor who is twelve, thirteen or
fourteen years of age, sexual assault of a minor who is twelve, thirteen or
fourteen years of age, taking a child for the purpose of prostitution, child
sex trafficking,
Unlawful use of interactive computer service
for the purpose of facilitating, promoting or soliciting prostitution,
commercial
sexual exploitation of a minor sexual conduct with a minor who is twelve,
thirteen or fourteen years of age, manufacturing methamphetamine under
circumstances that cause physical injury to a minor who is twelve, thirteen or
fourteen years of age

or involving or using minors in
drug offenses shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment as follows:

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A person who has been previously
convicted of one predicate felony shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
as follows:

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years

F. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
person who is at least eighteen years of age or who has been tried as an adult
and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against children in the first degree
involving aggravated assault, unlawful mutilation, molestation of a child,
sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated luring a minor for sexual
exploitation, child abuse or kidnapping shall be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment as follows:

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Maximum

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years

A person who has been previously convicted of one predicate
felony shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment as follows:

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years

G. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if
a person is at least eighteen years of age or has been tried as an adult and is
convicted of a dangerous crime against children involving luring a minor for
sexual exploitation, sexual extortion or unlawful age misrepresentation and is
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the term of imprisonment is as follows and
the person is not eligible for release from confinement on any basis except as
specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the
sentence imposed by the court has been served or is commuted, except that if
the person is convicted of unlawful age misrepresentation the person is
eligible for release pursuant to section 41-1604.07:

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Maximum

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A person who has been previously
convicted of one predicate felony shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
as follows and the person is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation,
pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as specifically
authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the sentence
imposed by the court has been served or is commuted, except that if the person
is convicted of unlawful age misrepresentation the person is eligible for
release pursuant to section 41-1604.07:

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years

H. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if
a person is at least eighteen years of age or has been tried as an adult and is
convicted of a dangerous crime against children involving sexual abuse or
bestiality under section 13-1411, subsection A, paragraph 2 and is
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the term of imprisonment is as follows and
the person is not eligible for release from confinement on any basis except as
specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the
sentence imposed by the court has been served, the person is eligible for
release pursuant to section 41-1604.07 or the sentence is commuted:

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A person who has been previously
convicted of one predicate felony shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
as follows and the person is not eligible for suspension of sentence,
probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as specifically
authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the sentence
imposed by the court has been served, the person is eligible for release
pursuant to section 41-1604.07 or the sentence is commuted:

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I. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
person who is at least eighteen years of age or who has been tried as an adult
and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against children in the first degree
involving continuous sexual abuse of a child shall be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment as follows:

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A person who has been previously
convicted of one predicate felony shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment
as follows:

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69 years��������������� 90 years��������������� 111 years

J. The presumptive sentences prescribed in
subsections C, D, E, F and I of this section or subsections G and H of this
section if the person has previously been convicted of a predicate felony may
be increased or decreased pursuant to section 13-701, subsections C, D
and E.

K. Except as provided in subsections G, H, M and N
of this section, a person who is sentenced for a dangerous crime against
children in the first degree pursuant to this section is not eligible for
suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any
basis except as specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A
or B until the sentence imposed by the court has been served or commuted.

L. A person who is convicted of any dangerous crime
against children in the first degree pursuant to subsection C, D, E, F or I of
this section and who has been previously convicted of two or more predicate
felonies shall be sentenced to life imprisonment and is not eligible for
suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any
basis except as specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A
or B until the person has served not fewer than thirty-five years or the
sentence is commuted.

M. Notwithstanding chapter 10 of this title, a
person who is at least eighteen years of age or who has been tried as an adult
and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against children in the second degree
pursuant to subsection B, C, E, F or I of this section is guilty of a class 3
felony and if the person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the term of
imprisonment is as follows and the person is not eligible for release from
confinement on any basis except as specifically authorized by section 31-233,
subsection A or B until the person has served the sentence imposed by the
court, the person is eligible for release pursuant to section 41-1604.07
or the sentence is commuted:

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years

N. A person who is convicted of any dangerous crime
against children in the second degree and who has been previously convicted of
one or more predicate felonies is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation,
pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as specifically
authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the sentence
imposed by the court has been served, the person is eligible for release
pursuant to section 41-1604.07 or the sentence is commuted.

O. Section 13-704, subsection J and section 13-707,
subsection B apply to the determination of prior convictions.

P. The sentence imposed on a person by the court for
a dangerous crime against children under subsection H of this section involving
sexual abuse may be served concurrently with other sentences if the offense
involved only one victim. The sentence imposed on a person for any
other dangerous crime against children in the first or second degree shall be
consecutive to any other sentence imposed on the person at any time, including
sexual abuse of the same victim.

Q. In this section, for purposes of punishment an
unborn child shall be treated like a minor who is under twelve years of age.

R. A dangerous crime against children is in the
first degree if it is a completed offense and is in the second degree if it is
a preparatory offense, except attempted first degree murder is a dangerous
crime against children in the first degree.

S. It is not a defense to a dangerous crime against
children that the minor is a person posing as a minor or is otherwise
fictitious if the defendant knew or had reason to know the purported minor was
under fifteen years of age.

T. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Dangerous crime against children":

(a) Means any of the following that is committed
against a minor who is under fifteen years of age or against a person posing as
a minor if the defendant knew or had reason to know that the purported minor
was under fifteen years of age:

(i) Second degree murder.

(ii) Aggravated assault resulting in serious
physical injury or involving the discharge, use or threatening exhibition of a
deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.

(iii) Sexual assault.

(iv) Molestation of a child.

(v) Sexual conduct with a minor.

(vi) Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor.

(vii) Sexual exploitation of a minor.

(viii) Child abuse as prescribed in section 13-3623,
subsection A, paragraph 1.

(ix) Kidnapping.

(x) Sexual abuse.

(xi) Taking a child for the purpose of prostitution
as prescribed in section 13-3206.

(xii) Child sex trafficking as prescribed in section
13-3212.

(xiii) Involving or using minors in drug offenses.

(xiv) Continuous sexual abuse of a child.

(xv) Attempted first degree murder.

(xvi) Sex trafficking.

(xvii) Manufacturing methamphetamine under
circumstances that cause physical injury to a minor.

(xviii) Bestiality as prescribed in section 13-1411,
subsection A, paragraph 2.

(xix) Luring a minor for sexual exploitation.

(xx) Aggravated luring a minor for sexual
exploitation.

(xxi) Unlawful age misrepresentation.

(xxii) Unlawful mutilation.

(xxiii) Sexual extortion as prescribed in section 13-1428.

(
xxiv
) Unlawful
use of interactive computer service for purpose of facilitating, promoting or
soliciting prostitution as prescribed in section 13-3213, subsection B.

(b) For the purposes of subdivision (a), items (vi)
and (vii) of this paragraph, includes a visual depiction that is
indistinguishable from an actual minor who is under fifteen years of age.

2. "Predicate felony" means any felony
involving child abuse pursuant to section 13-3623, subsection A,
paragraph 1, a sexual offense, conduct involving the intentional or knowing
infliction of serious physical injury or the discharge, use or threatening
exhibition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or a dangerous crime
against children in the first or second degree.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 13, chapter 32, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3213, to read:

START_STATUTE
13-3213.

Unlawful use of interactive computer service for purpose of
facilitating, promoting or soliciting prostitution; classification; definitions

A. A person or agent of an enterprise
who knowingly controls, keeps, maintains, manages, operates or owns an
interactive computer service or information content provider in this state for
the
primary purpose of facilitating, promoting or
soliciting prostitution pursuant to section 13-3214, pandering pursuant
to section 13-3209 or CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 13-3212
involving a minor who is fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years of age is guilty
of a class 5 felony.

B. A person or agent of an enterprise
who violates subsection A of this section and who has direct knowledge of the
occurrence of CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING involving a minor who is under fifteen
years of age is guilty of a class 2 felony and is punishable pursuant to
section 13-705.

C. A person or agent of an enterprise
who violates subsection A or b of this section and who knowingly exposes sexual
material that is harmful to minors without using reasonable age verification
methods prescribed by section 18-701 to verify that an individual who
attempts to access the material is eighteen years of age or older is guilty of
a class 4 felony,

d. It is a violation of this section
for a person or agent of an enterprise to receive, agree to receive or solicit
any benefit, including SERVICE fees
, IF the person or
agent has actual knowledge that the specific benefit is derived from the
facilitation of an offense listed in subsection A of this section.

E. it is a defense to a prosecution
under of this section if a person or agent of an enterprise is a law
enforcement officer who is acting in the officer's official capacity within the
scope of the officer's authority and in the line of duty.

F. It is not a defense to a
prosecution under this section that A person or agent of an enterprise does not
know the minor is under eighteen years of age.

G. for the purposes of this section:

1. "Agent" means an
officer, director or employee of an enterprise or any other person who is
authorized to act on behalf of the enterprise.

2. "Information content
provider" means a person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in
part, for creating or developing information that is provided through the
Internet or any other interactive computer service.

3. "Interactive Computer
Service"
:

(
a
) means an
information service, system or access software provider that provides or
enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including a
service or system that provides access to the Internet and systems or services
that are operated or offered by libraries or educational
institutions.

(
b
)
does not include a service that is primarily engaged in general
purpose search indexing, cloud computing or providing advertising services to
the general public, cable, video or broadband internet access services or
telecommunications services, unless the service is specifically marketed for
the promotion of illegal acts of prostitution.

4. "Internet" has the same
meaning prescribed in section 41-2671.

5. "Service fees" means the
costs that are associated with obtaining a profile or posting advertisements.

6. "Sexual material that is
harmful to minors" has the same meaning prescribed in section 18-701.
END_STATUTE