aggravated harassment; lifetime injunctions

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the bill was signed on March 27, 2026, but does not explicitly state a calendar date for effectiveness beyond 'general effective date'.

SB1211: Adding Aggravated Harassment to Lifetime Injunctions

This law adds felony aggravated harassment involving domestic violence as a crime that allows victims or prosecutors to request a lifetime court order stopping the defendant from contacting them.

What This Bill Does

• Adds felony aggravated harassment involving domestic violence to the list of crimes for which courts must issue lifetime no-contact orders upon victim or prosecutor request at sentencing.
• Requires courts to register these injunctions with the Department of Public Safety and notify victims immediately after sentencing.
• Allows victims who did not ask for an order at their original trial, or whose trials happened before September 24, 2022, to file a petition later without paying a fee.
• States that lifetime orders remain valid even if the defendant's conviction record is set aside, sealed, changed to a misdemeanor under specific laws, dismissed, expunged, overturned, or pardoned.

Who It Names or Affects

• Victims of felony aggravated harassment involving domestic violence who seek protection from their convicted attackers.
• Defendants convicted of this offense category who are subject to lifetime no-contact orders.
• Superior courts that must issue and manage these injunctions without charging filing fees for late petitions.

Terms To Know

Lifetime Injunction

A court order that stops a defendant from contacting the victim until the defendant dies, unless specific conditions like death of the victim or dismissal of charges occur.

Aggravated Harassment

A serious crime involving harassment that is now included as grounds for lifetime protection orders when it involves domestic violence.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify an exact effective date in the text, only stating it becomes effective on the general effective date.
• Courts may hold a hearing to verify if a victim truly wants to end an injunction early, but the outcome of such hearings is not detailed.

Official Summary Text

SB1211 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1211

aggravated harassment;
lifetime injunctions

Purpose

Adds felony
aggravated harassment involving domestic violence to the list of offenses for
which a victim may request a lifetime injunction against the convicted
defendant.

Background

At the time of
sentencing and at the request of the victim or the prosecutor, the court must
issue a no-contact injunction against a defendant convicted of: 1) a dangerous
offense that is a felony; 2) a serious offense or violent or aggravated felony;
3) sexual offenses or sexual exploitation of children; 4) aggravated assault by
way of strangulation or domestic violence;

5) voyeurism; or 6) stalking. The injunction is effective immediately and is
valid for the defendant's natural lifetime, unless: 1) the defendant can show
the court that either the victim has died, the conviction has been dismissed,
expunged or overturned or the defendant has been pardoned; or 2) the victim
submits a written request to the court for an early expiration, in which case
the court must hold a hearing. The validity of an injunction is not affected by
the set aside or sealing of a conviction record. If the victim did not request
an injunction at the time of sentencing, or the sentencing occurred before
September 24, 2022, the victim may submit a petition to the court requesting an
injunction and the court may not charge a fee for filing the petition (
A.R.S.

� 13-719
).

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

Provisions

1.

Adds felony aggravated harassment involving domestic violence to the
list of offenses for which a victim may request a lifetime injunction against
the convicted defendant.

2.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

January 23, 2026

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Current Bill Text

Chapter 0008 - 572R - S Ver of SB1211

Senate Engrossed

aggravated
harassment; lifetime injunctions

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

CHAPTER 8

SENATE BILL 1211

AN
ACT

AMENDING SECTION 13-719, ARIZONA
REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO sentencing.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 13-719, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-719.

Lifetime injunction; offenses; registration; previously sentenced
defendants

A. At the time of sentencing, on the request of the
victim or the prosecutor, the superior

court shall
issue an injunction that prohibits the defendant from contacting the victim if
the defendant is convicted of any of the following offenses, whether completed
or preparatory:

1. A dangerous offense as defined in section 13-105
that is a felony.

2. A serious offense or violent or aggravated felony
as defined in section 13-706.

3. A felony offense included in chapter 14 or 35.1
of this title.

4. A felony offense as set forth in section 13-1204,
subsection B.

5. A felony offense as set forth in section 13-1424.

6. A felony offense as set forth in section 13-2923.

7. A felony offense as set forth in
section 13-2921.01 involving domestic violence as defined in section 13-3601.

B. An injunction issued pursuant to subsection A of
this section is effective immediately and shall be served on the defendant at
the time of sentencing.

C. The court shall provide information to the
department of public safety to register the injunction with the national crime
information center and shall notify the victim of the injunction.

D. If the victim did not request an injunction at
the time of sentencing pursuant to subsection A of this section or the
sentencing occurred before September 24, 2022, the victim may submit a petition
to the superior

court requesting an injunction
against a defendant who was sentenced for an offense listed in subsection A of
this section, and the court may not charge a fee for filing the
petition. A law enforcement agency shall serve an injunction issued
pursuant to this subsection at no charge to the victim.

E. An injunction that
is issued pursuant to this section does not expire and is valid for the
defendant's natural lifetime unless any of the following occurs:

1. The defendant
makes a showing to the court that either:

(a) The victim has died.

(b) The conviction has been dismissed, expunged or
overturned or the defendant has been pardoned.

2. The victim submits a written request to the court
for an early expiration. The court may hold a hearing to verify the
victim's request to dismiss the injunction.

F. Notwithstanding
any other law, a conviction that is designated a misdemeanor pursuant to
section 13-604, set aside pursuant to section 13-905 or sealed
pursuant to section 13-911 does not affect the validity of a lifetime
injunction that is issued pursuant to this section and does not prohibit a
victim from submitting a petition to the superior

court
requesting a lifetime injunction.
END_STATUTE

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 27, 2026.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 27, 2026.