sexually explicit materials; government; prohibition

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not specify an exact effective date.

Prohibition on Sexually Explicit Materials for Minors

This bill prohibits government entities and their contractors from exposing minors to sexually explicit materials or using facilities for filming such acts.

What This Bill Does

• Forbids state agencies, cities, towns, counties, and other public entities, as well as their contractors, from showing sexually explicit material to minors.
• Prevents the use of government-owned or managed facilities for filming or facilitating sexually explicit acts.
• Requires individuals hired by these entities on or after the bill's effective date to sign a form acknowledging they have read this law.
• Classifies violations related to exposing minors to sexually explicit materials as a class 5 felony.

Who It Names or Affects

• State agencies and their contractors
• Cities, towns, counties, and other public entities
• Individuals hired by these entities on or after the bill's effective date

Terms To Know

sexually explicit materials

Textual, visual or audio materials that depict sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or ultimate sexual acts.

sexual conduct

Acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, or physical contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify an effective date.
• It is unclear how the prohibition will be enforced and what penalties may apply to entities that violate it.

Official Summary Text

SB1567 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
s.b. 1567

sexually explicit
materials; government; prohibition

Purpose

Prohibits the
state or a state agency, city, town or county or any political subdivision of
the state (public entity), or their contractors, from exposing minors to
sexually explicit materials. Prohibits the use of a facility or property owned,
leased or managed by a public entity, or its contractors, for filming or
facilitating sexually explicit acts.

Background

A public school
in Arizona may not refer students to or use any sexually explicit materials in
any manner, except if: 1) the material possesses serious educational value for
minors or serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; 2) the
public school requires written parental consent, on a per-material basis,
before referring a student to or using the material; and 3) the public school
provides students who did not receive parental consent with an alternative
assignment that does not contain sexually explicit material. S
exually
explicit materials
includes textual, visual or audio materials or materials
accessed via any other medium that depict: 1)
sexual conduct
, defined as
acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse or physical contact with a person's
clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area or buttock or the female breast; 2)
sexual
excitement
, defined as the condition of human male or female genitals when
in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; or

3)
ultimate sexual acts
, defined as sexual intercourse, vaginal or anal,
fellatio, cunnilingus, bestiality or sodomy
(
A.R.S.
� 15-120.03
).

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

Provisions

1.

Prohibits
a public entity and its contractors
from
exposing minors to sexually explicit materials
.

2.

Prohibits a facility or property owned, leased or managed by a public
entity, or its contractors, from being used
for filming
or
facilitating sexually explicit acts.

3.

Classifies, as a class 5 felony,
a violation of
the outlined prohibition relating to sexually explicit
materials and acts.

4.

Specifies that the outlined prohibition relating to sexually explicit
materials and acts does not apply to sexually explicit materials that may be
displayed, presented or discussed in connection with a court proceeding when a
minor has a legal right or obligation to be present at the proceeding.

5.

Applies the definitions of
sexually explicit materials
,
sexual
conduct
,
sexual excitement
and
ultimate sexual acts
to the outlined
prohibition relating to sexually explicit materials and acts.

6.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by Committee

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Requires a public entity and its contractors to sign an
acknowledgment of the law.

Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole

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Exempts, from the outlined prohibition relating to sexually
explicit materials and acts, sexually explicit materials that may be presented
in a court proceeding when a minor has a right or obligation to be present.

Senate Action

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February 24, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1567 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

sexually explicit
materials; government; prohibition

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1567

AN
ACT

amending
title 38, chapter 3, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 38-452;
relating to sexually explicit materials.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title 38, chapter 3, article 4,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 38-452, to read:

START_STATUTE
38-452.

Sexually explicit materials; prohibition; violation;
classification; acknowledgment form; applicability; definitions

A. This
state or a state agency, city, town, county or political subdivision of this
state may not expose minors to sexually explicit materials and shall prohibit
its contractors from exposing minors to sexually explicit materials.

B. A
facility or property owned, leased or managed by a person or entity prescribed
by subsection A of this section may not be used for filming or facilitating
sexually explicit acts.

C. A
person that acts with criminal negligence in violation of this section is
guilty of a class 5 felony.

D.
This state or a state agency, city, town, county or
political SUBDIVISION of this state
shall require any individual who is
hired as an employee or independent contractor of THIS STATE OR the STATE
AGENCY, CITY, TOWN, COUNTY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE on or after
the effective date of this section to sign a form acknowledging that the
individual has read this section on the date that the individual is hired.

E. This section does not apply to
sexually explicit materials that may be displayed, presented or discussed in
connection with a court proceeding when a minor has a legal right or obligation
to be present at the proceeding.

F. For
the purposes of this section:

1. "Sexual
conduct" means acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse or physical
contact with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area or buttocks
or the female breast.

2. "Sexual
excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a
state of sexual stimulation or arousal.

3. "Sexually
explicit materials" includes textual, visual or audio materials or
materials accessed via any other medium that depict any of the following:

(
a
) Sexual conduct.

(
b
) Sexual excitement.

(
c
) Ultimate sexual acts.

4. "Ultimate
sexual acts" means sexual intercourse, vaginal or anal, fellatio,
cunnilingus, bestiality or sodomy.

END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Implementation

This state or a state agency, city,
town, county or political subdivision of this state shall require each
individual who is employed as an employee or independent contractor of this
state or the state agency, city, town, county or political subdivision of this
state on the effective date of this act to sign a form acknowledging that the
individual has read section 38-452, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by
this act.