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SB1673 • 2026

appropriation; crime victim notification fund

SB1673 - appropriation; crime victim notification fund

Budget Crime Technology
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
John Kavanagh
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details on the exact use of funds or which agencies will participate.

Crime Victim Notification Fund Funding

This bill provides $5 million for a fund that helps crime victims get updates about their cases through an automated system.

What This Bill Does

  • Gives $5,000,000 to the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund in fiscal year 2026-2027.
  • The money will be used by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) to expand an automated system that sends crime victims updates about their cases via email or text.
  • It funds software for multiagency notification, allowing agencies to share information with each other easily.
  • Provides a statewide toll-free number available 24/7 for victims to get help.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Crime victims who will receive updates about their cases through the automated system.
  • Law enforcement and criminal justice agencies that use the notification system.

Terms To Know

Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC)
A group in Arizona that works on improving criminal justice information and data sharing among different agencies.
Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund
A fund used to support an automated system that sends crime victims updates about their cases.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the $5,000,000 will be spent exactly.
  • It is unclear if all law enforcement agencies in Arizona will use this new system or just some of them.

Amendments

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

Adopted

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
  • 1673 (Reference to Senate engrossed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Appropriation; law enforcement crime victim 2 notification fund; exemption 3 A.
  • The sum of [$5,000,000] [$2,594,800] is appropriated from the 4 [state general fund] [victim compensation and assistance fund established 5 by section 41-2407, Arizona Revised Statutes,] in fiscal year 2026-2027 to 6 the law enforcement crime victim notification fund established by section 7 41-2414, Arizona Revised Statutes.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Proposed

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Appropriations Second Regular Session S.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Appropriations Second Regular Session S.B.
  • 1673 PROPOSED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
  • 1673 (Reference to Senate engrossed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Appropriation; law enforcement crime victim 2 notification fund; exemption 3 A.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Adopted

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
  • 1673 (Reference to Senate engrossed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Appropriation; law enforcement crime victim 2 notification fund; exemption 3 A.
  • The sum of [$5,000,000] [$8,200,000] is appropriated from the 4 state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the law enforcement crime 5 victim notification fund established by section 41-2414, Arizona Revised 6 Statutes.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Proposed

Plain English: Proposed 2

  • The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.
Adopted

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Appropriations, Transportation and Technology Second Regular Session S.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Appropriations, Transportation and Technology Second Regular Session S.B.
  • 1673 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
  • 1673 (Reference to printed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Appropriation; law enforcement crime victim 2 notification fund; exemption 3 A.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Proposed

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Appropriations, Transportation and Technology Second Regular Session S.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Appropriations, Transportation and Technology Second Regular Session S.B.
  • 1673 PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
  • 1673 (Reference to printed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Appropriation; law enforcement crime victim 2 notification fund; exemption 3 A.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-16 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-03-11 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-03-11 House

    House Appropriations: DPA

  4. 2026-03-11 House

    House Judiciary: DPA

  5. 2026-03-11 House

    House first read

  6. 2026-03-05 House

    Transmitted to House

  7. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Senate third read passed

  8. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Senate committee of the whole

  9. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Senate minority caucus

  10. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Senate majority caucus

  11. 2026-02-04 Senate

    Senate second read

  12. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Rules: PFC

  13. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Public Safety: DP

  14. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DPA

  15. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1673 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
s.b. 1673

appropriation;
crime victim notification fund

Purpose

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027
to the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund (Fund).

Background

The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) must monitor new and
continuing criminal justice legislation, facilitate research among criminal
justice agencies and facilitate coordination on statewide efforts to improve
criminal justice information and data sharing (
A.R.S.
� 41-2405
).

ACJC must administer the Fund and use Fund monies to expand ACJC's
automated crime victim notification system and to fund software that meets
outlined requirements, including:

1) automatically notifying the victim by email or text relating to the victim's
law enforcement crime report; 2) providing for multiagency notification to
enable an agency to automatically share the status of an incident or
investigation with an identified partner agency; and 3) providing a designated
statewide toll-free number that is available 24 hours, seven days a week. ACJC
must use Fund monies to pay for law enforcement agencies that choose to use the
automated crime victim notification system (
A.R.S.
� 41-2414
).

S.B. 1673 appropriates $5,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the
Fund.

Provisions

1.

Appropriates
$5,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.

2.

Exempts
the appropriation from lapsing.

3.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date. �

Amendments
Adopted by the Appropriations, Transportation & Technology Committee

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Reduces the appropriation to $5,000,000 from $8,200,000.

Senate
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Prepared by Senate Research

February 24, 2026

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Current Bill Text

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SB1673 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

appropriation; crime
victim notification fund

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1673

AN
ACT

appropriating monies to the law enforcement
crime victim notification fund.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section
1.
1.
Appropriation; law enforcement crime victim notification fund;
exemption

A. The sum of
$5,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in
fiscal year 2026-2027 to the law enforcement crime victim notification
fund established by section 41-2414, Arizona Revised Statutes.

B. 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.