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SB1317 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
s.b. 1317
appropriation;
coordinated reentry program
Purpose
Appropriates
$20,000,000 in FY 2027 from the Consumer Restitution Subaccount of the Consumer
Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund (Revolving Fund) to the Attorney
General (AG) to distribute coordinated reentry planning services program
(reentry program) grants to participating counties.
Background
A county may
establish a reentry program within a county jail for the purpose of screening
and assessing persons who are booked into the county jail and connecting those
persons with behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers
at the earliest possible stage in the criminal justice process. A reentry
program must: 1) allow entities to access and use a
cross-system recidivism tracking database using outlined data; 2) allow entities
to work in conjunction with counties, cities, towns and other political
subdivisions of the state and with superior courts to establish an information
exchange mechanism that includes reentry planning efforts; 3) allow county and
community-wide collaborative efforts to be established and maintained for jail
reentry planning services that include treatment, peer support, housing,
transportation and employment services and all branches of the criminal justice
and court systems by developing a new coalition or extending an existing
coalition; 4) establish working agreements with coalition partners to use the
cross-system recidivism tracking database to record post-release treatment
engagement; and 5) use the cross-system recidivism tracking database to record
baseline and ongoing statistics for identified needs, referrals and future
recidivism of reentry coordination participants (
A.R.S.
� 11-392
).
The Consumer
Restitution Subaccount of the Revolving Fund is administered by the AG and
consists of monies collected or received by the AG as the result of a court
order or as the result of a settlement or compromise for economic loss
resulting from violations or alleged violations of consumer protection laws.
Consumer Restitution Subaccount monies are continuously appropriated and are
exempt from lapsing. The AG may distribute any unexpended monies in the
Consumer Restitution Subaccount to the Consumer Protection-Consumer Fraud
Revolving Fund (
A.R.S.
� 44-151.02
).
S.B. 1317
appropriates $20,000,000 in FY 2027 from the Consumer Restitution Subaccount of
the Revolving Fund to the AG.
Provisions
1.
Appropriates $20,000,000 in FY 2027 from the Consumer Restitution
Subaccount of the Revolving Fund to the AG to distribute grants to counties to
establish or continue a reentry program.
2.
Requires
the AG to use the appropriation to:
a)
award grants on a two-year cycle;
b)
allocate up to $2,000,000 to any individual grant recipient over the
two-year cycle; and
c)
make
up to $2,000,000 available over the two-year grant cycle for a statewide
database to accommodate additional counties participating in a reentry program.
3.
Requires
grantees to demonstrate the following after the end of the two-year grant cycle:
a)
the establishment of a formal coalition with a workgroup dedicated to
establishing the reentry program's policies and procedures;
b)
a dedicated reentry program staff that are available inside the jail;
c)
the installation of a statewide cross-system recidivism tracking
database;
d)
the establishment of data sharing agreements;
e)
the incorporation of screening and assessment tools; and
f)
a
commitment to local contribution to the reentry program.
4.
Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
5.
Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2026
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SB1317 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
appropriation;
coordinated reentry program
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1317
AN
ACT
Appropriating monies to the attorney
general.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1.
Appropriation;
attorney general; coordinated reentry planning services program; grants;
exemption
A. The sum of $20,000,000
is appropriated from the consumer restitution subaccount of the consumer
restitution and remediation revolving fund established by section 44-1531.02,
Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the attorney general to
distribute grants to counties pursuant to title 41, chapter 24, Arizona Revised
Statutes, to establish or continue a coordinated reentry planning services
program pursuant to section 11-392, Arizona Revised Statutes.
B. The attorney general
shall use the monies appropriated in subsection A of this section to:
1. Award grants on a
two-year cycle.
2. Allocate not more than
$2,000,000 to any individual grant recipient over the two-year cycle.
3. Make not more than
$2,000,000 over the two-year grant cycle available for a statewide database to
accommodate additional counties participating in a coordinated reentry planning
services program pursuant to section 11-392, Arizona Revised Statutes.
C. At the end of the
two-year grant cycle, any grantee awarded grant monies pursuant to subsection B
of this section shall demonstrate all of the following:
1. Establishment of a
formal coalition with a workgroup dedicated to establishing the coordinated
reentry planning services program's policies and procedures.
2. Dedicated program staff
that are available inside the jail.
3. Installation of a
statewide cross-system recidivism tracking database.
4. Establishment of data
sharing agreements.
5. Incorporation of
screening and assessment tools.
6. Commitment to local
contribution to the program.
D. The appropriation made
in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section
35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.