SB1820 • 2026

criminal monetary thresholds; offense classifications

SB1820 - criminal monetary thresholds; offense classifications

Crime

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: David C. Farnsworth
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: Senate second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included terms like 'continuing criminal episode' and offenses such as commercial bribery, unlawful use of food stamps, and fraudulent credit card use which were not supported by the official source material.

Arizona Bill Increases Monetary Thresholds for Criminal Offenses

This bill increases monetary thresholds that determine penalty classifications for various criminal offenses in Arizona, including damage to property, arson, theft, and issuing bad checks.

What This Bill Does

Increases the monetary threshold for criminal damage from $10,000 to $13,800 for a class 4 felony when someone recklessly damages another's property.
Raises the threshold for aggravated criminal damage involving religious or educational facilities and utility infrastructure from $10,000 to $14,300 for a class 4 felony.
Increases the monetary threshold for arson of structures or properties from $1,000 to $4,000 for a class 4 felony.
Raises theft thresholds, making it a class 2 felony if property value exceeds $36,500 and a class 6 felony if between $2,900 and $4,400.
Increases the monetary threshold for issuing bad checks from $5,000 to $7,100 for a class 6 felony.

Who It Names or Affects

People who commit criminal damage, aggravated criminal damage, arson, theft, and those who issue bad checks in Arizona will be affected by these changes.
Law enforcement agencies and courts that handle cases involving the offenses mentioned above will also be impacted.

Terms To Know

Class felony: A classification of crimes based on severity, with class 1 being the most serious and class 6 being less severe.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the exact fiscal impact on the state General Fund.
It is unclear how these changes will affect sentencing and probation eligibility for individuals convicted under these new thresholds.

Bill History

2026-02-09 Senate
Senate second read
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate Judiciary and Elections: DISC/HELD
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1820 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1820

criminal
monetary thresholds; offense classification

Purpose

Increases the monetary thresholds which determine the penalty
classification for various criminal offenses.

Background

The criminal code outlines various criminal offenses and the associated
penalty classification, ranging from a class 3 misdemeanor to a class 1 felony.
For certain offenses, the penalty classification is based on a monetary
threshold of the value of damage caused or goods or services fraudulently
obtained or attempted to be obtained. These offenses include: 1) criminal
damage and aggravated criminal damage; 2) arson of a structure or property; 3)
theft;

4) shoplifting; 5) fraudulent credit card use; 6) unlawful use of food stamps;
7) commercial bribery; and 8) unlawful patient brokering (
A.R.S. Title 13
).

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

Provisions

Criminal
Damage Classification

1.

Increases
the monetary thresholds which determine the penalty classification for criminal
damage to:

a)

$13,800, rather than $10,000, for a class 4 felony when the person
recklessly damages the property of another;

b)

$7,000, rather than $5,000, for a class 4 felony when the person
recklessly damages the property of a utility or intentionally tampers with
utility property that causes an imminent safety hazard;

c)

between $2,800 and $13,800, rather than between $2,000 and $10,000, for
a class 5 felony when the person recklessly damages the property of another or
the damage is inflicted to promote, further or assist any criminal street gang
or criminal syndicate as prescribed;

d)

between $1,400 and $2,800, rather than between $1,000 and $2,000, for a
class 6 felony when the person recklessly damages the property of another; and

e)

between $400 and $1,400, rather than between $250 and $1,000, for a
class 1 misdemeanor when the person recklessly damages property of another.

Aggravated
Criminal Damage Classification

2.

Increases the monetary thresholds which determine the penalty
classification for aggravated criminal damage to:

a)

$14,300,
rather than $10,000, for a:

i.

class 4 felony when the person defaces, damages or tampers with any
property or place used for worship, any religious purpose, as an educational
facility or for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead; and

ii.

class 3 felony when the person defaces, damages or tampers with any
utility or agricultural infrastructure or property, construction site or
existing structure for the purpose of obtaining nonferrous metals; and

b)

between
$2,100 and $14,300, rather than $1,500 and $10,000, for a:

i.

class 5 felony when the person defaces, damages or tampers with any
property or place used for worship, any religious purpose, as an educational
facility or for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead; and

ii.

class 4 felony when the person defaces, damages or tampers with any
utility or agricultural infrastructure or property, construction site or
existing structure for the purpose of obtaining nonferrous metals.

Arson of a
Structure or Property Classification

3.

Increases the monetary thresholds which determine the penalty
classification for arson of a structure or property to:

a)

$4,000,
rather than $1,000, for a class 4 felony;

b)

between
$400 and $4,000, rather than between $100 and $1,000, for a class 5 felony; and

c)

$400
or less, rather than $100 or less, for a class 1 misdemeanor.

Theft
Classification

4.

Increases the monetary thresholds which determine the penalty
classification for theft of property or services to:

a)

$36,500,
rather than $25,000, for a class 2 felony;

b)

between
$5,800 and $36,500, rather than between $4,000 and $25,000, for a class 3
felony;

c)

between
$4,400 and $5,800, rather than between $3,000 and $4,000, for a class 4 felony;

d)

between
$2,900 and $4,400, rather than between $2,000 and $3,000, for a class 5 felony;

e)

between
$1,500 and $2,900, rather than $1,000 and $2,000, for a class 6 felony; and

f)

$1,500
or less, rather than $1,000 or less, for a class 1 misdemeanor, as prescribed.

5.

Increases, from $100,000 to $175,000, the monetary threshold of the
value of property which excludes a person who is guilty of theft, as
prescribed, from eligibility for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or
release until the sentence imposed by the court has been served or commuted.

Shoplifting
Classification

6.

Increases
the monetary thresholds which determine the penalty classification for
shoplifting to:

a)

$2,900, rather than $2,000, for a class 5 felony when committed during
any continuing criminal episode or to promote, further or assist any criminal
street gang or criminal syndicate;

b)

between $1,500 and $2,900, rather than between $1,000 and $2,000, for a
class 6 felony; and

c)

less
than $1,500, rather than $1,000, for a class 1 misdemeanor, or class 6 felony
if the property is a firearm.

7.

Increases, from $1,500 to $2,900, the monetary threshold that
constitutes a
continuing criminal episode
if committed during at least
three separate incidences within 90 consecutive days.

Issuing
a Bad Check Classification

8.

Increases,
from $5,000 to $7,100, the monetary threshold which subjects a person who
issues a bad check to a class 6 felony when the person fails to pay the full
amount of the check as prescribed.

Misappropriation
of Charter School Monies Classification

9.

Increases,
from $25,000 to $41,700, the monetary threshold which subjects a person to a
class 2 felony for the misappropriation of charter school monies.

Receipt of
Anything of Value Obtained by Fraudulent Credit Card Use Classification

10.

Increases
the monetary thresholds which determine the penalty classification for receipt
of anything of value obtained by fraudulent use of a credit card to:

a)

less
than $400, rather than $250, for a class 1 misdemeanor;

b)

between
$400 and $1,800, rather than between $250 and $1,000, for a class 6 felony; and

c)

$1,800 or more, rather than $1,000 or more, for a class 5 felony.

Fraudulent Use of
a Credit Card Classification

11.

Increases
the monetary thresholds which determine the penalty classification for the fraudulent
use of a credit card to:

a)

between
$400 and $1,800, rather than between $250 and $1,000, for a class 6 felony as
prescribed; and

b)

$1,800 or more, rather than $1,000, for a class 5 felony as prescribed.

Fraud by Person
Authorized to Provide Goods or Services Classification

12.

Increases, from $100 to
$400, the monetary threshold that subjects a person to a class 6 felony for
fraud by a person authorized to provide goods or services as prescribed.

Credit Card
Transaction Record Theft Classification

13.

Increases the monetary
thresholds which determine the penalty classification for credit card
transaction record theft to:

a)

$49,700 or more, rather than $25,000 or more, for a class 2 felony;

b)

between $5,900 and $49,700, rather than between $3,000 and $25,000, for
a class 3 felony;

c)

between $3,700 and $5,900, rather than between $2,000 and $3,000, for a
class 4 felony;

d)

between $2,000 and $3,700, rather than between $1,000 and $2,000, for a
class 5 felony;

e)

between $1,000 and $2,000, rather than between $500 and $1,000, for a
class 6 felony; and

f)

less than $1,000, rather than $500, for a class 1 misdemeanor.

14.

Increases,
from $100,000 to $200,000, the monetary threshold of the value of credit card
transaction record theft that excludes a person from eligibility for suspension
of sentence, probation, pardon or release until the sentence imposed by the
court has been served or commuted.

Fraudulent
Schemes and Artifices Classification

15.

Increases, from $100,000 to
$175,000, the monetary threshold of fraudulent schemes and artifices that
exclude a person from eligibility for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon
or release until the sentence imposed by the court has been served or commuted.

Commercial
Bribery Classification

16.

Increases the monetary
thresholds which determine the penalty classification for commercial bribery
to:

a)

more than $3,600, rather than $1,000, for a class 5 felony;

b)

between $300 and $3,600, rather than between $100 and $1,000, for a
class 6 felony; and

c)

less than $300, rather than $100, for a class 1 misdemeanor.

Unlawful Use of
Food Stamps Classification

17.

Increases the monetary
thresholds which determine the penalty classification for the unlawful use of
food stamps by using, transferring, acquiring, possessing or redeeming food
stamps by means of false representation as outlined to:

a)

$400 or less, rather than $100 or less, for a class 1 misdemeanor; and

b)

over $400, rather than $100, for a class 6 felony.

Consideration for
Referral of Patient, Client or Customer Fraud Classification

18.

Increases the monetary
thresholds which determine the penalty classification for consideration for
referral of a patient, client or customer for health-related services or items
to:

a)

$3,000 or more, rather than $1,000 or more, for a class 3 felony;

b)

between $300 and $3,000, rather than between $100 and $1,000, for a
class 4 felony; and

c)

$300 or less, rather than $100 or less, for a class 6 felony.

19.

Increases the monetary
thresholds for the value of medical or health coverage which determine the
penalty classification for a person who fraudulently obtains or attempts to
obtain medical or health coverage through the Arizona Health Care Cost
Containment System to:

a)

$3,000 or more, rather than $1,000 or more, for a class 5 felony;

b)

between $300 and $3,000, rather than between $100 and $1,000, for a
class 6 felony; and

c)

$300 or less, rather than $100 or less, for a class 1 misdemeanor.

Unlawful
Patient Brokering Classification

20.

Increases the monetary
thresholds which determine the penalty classification for patient brokering to:

a)

$1,200 or more, rather than $1,000 or more, for a class 3 felony; and

b)

between $100 and $1,200, rather than between $100 and $1,000, for a
class 4 felony.

Unlawful
Food or Drink Contamination, Damages, Classification

21.

Increases the monetary
thresholds which determine the penalty classification for damage caused by
unlawful food or drink contamination to:

a)

at least $1,200, rather than $1,000, for a class 1 misdemeanor; and

b)

less
than $1,200, rather than $1,000, for a class 2 misdemeanor when no human being
consumes the contaminated water, food, drink or other product.

Miscellaneous

22.

Makes
technical changes.

23.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date.

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REFERENCE TITLE:
criminal monetary thresholds; offense classifications

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1820

Introduced by

Senator
Farnsworth

AN
ACT

AMENDING SECTIONs
13-1602,
13-1604, 13-1703, 13-1802, 13-1805, 13-1807, 13-1818,
13-2103, 13-2105, 13-2108, 13-2109, 13-2310, 13-2605,
13-3701, 13-3713, 13-3730
AND
13-3731
, ARIZONA REVISED
STATUTES; RELATING TO CRIMINAL monetary THRESHOLDS.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 13-1602, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-1602.

Criminal damage; classification

A. A person commits criminal damage by:

1. Recklessly defacing or damaging property of
another person.

2. Recklessly tampering with property of another
person so as substantially to impair its function or value.

3. Recklessly damaging property of a utility.

4. Recklessly physically obstructing a passageway in
such a manner as to
deprive livestock of access to the
only reasonably available water
.

5. Recklessly drawing or inscribing a message,
slogan, sign or symbol that is made on any public or private building,
structure or surface, except the ground, and that is made without permission of
the owner.

6. Intentionally tampering with utility property.

C.

b.
For
a violation of subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section, in determining the
amount of damage to property, damages include reasonable labor costs of any
kind, reasonable material costs of any kind and any reasonable costs that are
attributed to equipment that is used to abate or repair the damage to the
property.

B.

c.
Criminal
damage is punished as follows:

1. Criminal damage is a class 4 felony if the person
recklessly damages property of another in an amount of
$10,000

$13,800
or more.

2. Criminal damage is a class 4 felony if the person
recklessly damages the property of a utility in an amount of
$5,000

$7,000
or more or if the person intentionally tampers
with utility property and the damage causes an imminent safety hazard to any
person.

3. Criminal damage is a class 5 felony if the person
recklessly damages property of another in an amount of
$2,000

$2,800
or more but less than
$10,000

$13,800
or if the damage is inflicted to promote, further
or assist any criminal street gang or criminal syndicate with the intent to
intimidate and the person is not subject to paragraph 1 or 2 of this
subsection.

4. Criminal damage is a class 6 felony if the person
recklessly damages property of another in an amount of
$1,000

$1,400
or more but less than
$2,000
$2,800
.

5. Criminal damage is a class 1 misdemeanor if the
person recklessly damages property of another in an amount of more than
$250

$400
but less than
$1,000
$1,400
.

6. In all other cases criminal damage is a class 2
misdemeanor.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 13-1604, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-1604.

Aggravated criminal damage; classification

A. A person commits
aggravated criminal damage by intentionally or recklessly without the express
permission of the owner:

1. Defacing, damaging or in any way changing the
appearance of any building, structure, personal property or place used for
worship or any religious purpose.

2. Defacing or damaging any building, structure or
place used as a school or as an educational facility.

3. Defacing, damaging or tampering with any
cemetery, mortuary or personal property of the cemetery or mortuary or other
facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead.

4. Defacing, damaging or tampering with any utility
or agricultural infrastructure or property, construction site or existing
structure for the purpose of obtaining nonferrous metals.

C.

b.
In
determining the amount of damage to property, damages include the cost of
repair or replacement of the property that was damaged, the cost of the loss of
crops and livestock, reasonable labor costs of any kind, reasonable material
costs of any kind and any reasonable costs that are attributed to equipment
that is used to abate or repair the damage to the property.

B.

c.
Aggravated
criminal damage is punishable as follows:

1. If the person intentionally or recklessly does
any act described in subsection A of this section that causes damage to the
property of another in an amount of
ten thousand dollars

$14,300
or more, aggravated criminal damage:

(a) Resulting from actions described in subsection
A, paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this section is a class 4 felony.

(b) Resulting from actions described in subsection
A, paragraph 4 of this section is a class 3 felony.

2. If the person intentionally or recklessly damages
property of another in an amount of
one thousand five hundred
dollars

$2,100
or more but less than
ten thousand dollars
$14,300
, aggravated
criminal damage:

(a) Resulting from actions described in subsection
A, paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this section is a class 5 felony.

(b) Resulting from actions described in subsection
A, paragraph 4 of this section is a class 4 felony.

3. In all other cases aggravated criminal damage is:

(a) A class 6 felony if it results from actions
described in subsection A, paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this section.

(b) A class 5 felony if it results from actions
described in subsection A, paragraph 4 of this section.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Section 13-1703, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-1703.

Arson of a structure or property; classification

A. A person commits
arson of a structure or property by knowingly and unlawfully damaging a
structure or property by knowingly causing a fire or explosion.

B. Arson of a structure is a class 4
felony. Arson of property is a class 4 felony if the property had a
value of more than
one thousand dollars

$4,000
. Arson of property is a class 5 felony if the property
had a value of more than
one hundred dollars

$400
but not more than
one thousand dollars
$4,000
. Arson of property is a class 1 misdemeanor if the
property had a value of
one hundred dollars

$400
or less.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 4. Section 13-1802, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-1802.

Theft; classification; definitions

A. A person commits theft if, without lawful
authority, the person knowingly:

1. Controls property of another with the intent to
deprive the other person of such property; or

2. Converts for an unauthorized term or use services
or property of another entrusted to the defendant or placed in the defendant's
possession for a limited, authorized term or use; or

3. Obtains services or property of another by means
of any material misrepresentation with intent to deprive the other person of
such property or services; or

4. Comes into control of lost, mislaid or
misdelivered property of another under circumstances providing means of inquiry
as to the true owner and appropriates such property to the person's own or
another's use without reasonable efforts to notify the true owner; or

5. Controls property of another knowing or having
reason to know that the property was stolen; or

6. Obtains services known to the defendant to be
available only for compensation without paying or an agreement to pay the
compensation or diverts another's services to the person's own or another's
benefit without authority to do so; or

7. Controls the ferrous metal or nonferrous metal of
another with the intent to deprive the other person of the metal; or

8. Controls the ferrous metal or nonferrous metal of
another knowing or having reason to know that the metal was stolen; or

9. Purchases within the scope of the ordinary course
of business the ferrous metal or nonferrous metal of another person knowing
that the metal was stolen.

B. A person commits
theft if, without lawful authority, the person knowingly takes control, title,
use or management of a vulnerable adult's property while acting in a position
of trust and confidence and with the intent to deprive the vulnerable adult of
the property. Proof that a person took control, title, use or
management of a vulnerable adult's property without adequate consideration to
the vulnerable adult may give rise to an inference that the person intended to
deprive the vulnerable adult of the property.

C. It is an affirmative defense to any prosecution
under subsection B of this section that either:

1. The property was given as a gift consistent with
a pattern of gift giving to the person that existed before the adult became
vulnerable.

2. The property was given as a gift consistent with
a pattern of gift giving to a class of individuals that existed before the
adult became vulnerable.

3. The superior court approved the transaction
before the transaction occurred.

D. The inferences set forth in section 13-2305
apply to any prosecution under subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section.

E. At the conclusion of any grand jury proceeding,
hearing or trial, the court shall preserve any trade secret that is admitted in
evidence or any portion of a transcript that contains information relating to
the trade secret pursuant to section 44-405.

F. Subsection B of this section does not apply to an
agent who is acting within the scope of the agent's duties as or on behalf of a
health care institution that is licensed pursuant to title 36, chapter 4 and
that provides services to the vulnerable adult.

G. Theft of property or services with a value of
twenty-five thousand dollars

$36,500

or more is a class 2 felony. Theft of property or services with a
value of
four thousand dollars

$5,800
or
more but less than
twenty-five thousand dollars

$36,500
is a class 3 felony. Theft of property or
services with a value of
three thousand dollars

$4,400
or more but less than
four thousand
dollars

$5,800
is a class 4 felony, except that
theft of any vehicle engine or transmission is a class 4 felony regardless of
value.� Theft of property or services with a value of
two
thousand dollars

$2,900
or more but less than
three thousand dollars

$4,400
is a class 5
felony.� Theft of property or services with a value of
one
thousand dollars

$1,500
or more but less than
two thousand dollars

$2,900
is a class 6
felony.� Theft of any property or services valued at less than
one
thousand dollars

$1,500
is a class 1 misdemeanor,
unless the property is taken from the person of another, is a firearm or is an
animal taken for the purpose of animal fighting in violation of section 13-2910.01,
in which case the theft is a class 6 felony.

H. A person who is
convicted of a violation of subsection A, paragraph 1 or 3 of this section that
involved property with a value of
one hundred thousand dollars

$175,000
or more is not eligible for suspension of
sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except
pursuant to 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.

I. For the purposes of this section, the value of
ferrous metal or nonferrous metal includes the amount of any damage to the
property of another caused as a result of the theft of the metal.

J. In an action for theft of ferrous metal or
nonferrous metal:

1. Unless satisfactorily explained or acquired in
the ordinary course of business by an automotive recycler that is licensed
pursuant to title 28, chapter 10 or by a scrap metal dealer as defined in
section 44-1641, proof of possession of scrap metal that was recently
stolen may give rise to an inference that the person in possession of the scrap
metal was aware of the risk that it had been stolen or in some way participated
in its theft.

2. Unless satisfactorily explained or sold in the
ordinary course of business by an automotive recycler that is licensed pursuant
to title 28, chapter 10 or by a scrap metal dealer as defined in section 44-1641,
proof of the sale of stolen scrap metal at a price substantially below its fair
market value may give rise to an inference that the person selling the scrap
metal was aware of the risk that it had been stolen.

K. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Adequate consideration" means the
property was given to the person as payment for bona fide goods or services
provided by the person and the payment was at a rate that was customary for
similar goods or services in the community that the vulnerable adult resided in
at the time of the transaction.

2. "Ferrous metal" has the same meaning
prescribed in section 44-1641.

3. "Pattern of gift giving" means two or
more gifts that are the same or similar in type and monetary value.

4. "Position of trust and confidence" has
the same meaning prescribed in section 46-456.

5. "Property" includes all forms of real
property and personal property.

6. "Vulnerable adult" has the same meaning
prescribed in section 46-451.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 5. Section 13-1805, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-1805.

Shoplifting; detaining suspect; defense to wrongful detention;
civil action by merchant; public services; classification

A. A person commits
shoplifting if, while in an establishment in which merchandise is displayed for
sale, the person knowingly obtains such goods of another with the intent to
deprive that person of such goods by:

1. Removing any of the goods from the immediate
display or from any other place within the establishment without paying the
purchase price; or

2. Charging the purchase price of the goods to a
fictitious person or any person without that person's authority; or

3. Paying less than the purchase price of the goods
by some trick or artifice such as altering, removing, substituting or otherwise
disfiguring any label, price tag or marking; or

4. Transferring the goods from one container to
another; or

5. Concealment.

B. A person is presumed to have the necessary
culpable mental state pursuant to subsection A of this section if the person
does either of the following:

1. Knowingly conceals on himself or another person
unpurchased merchandise of any mercantile establishment while within the
mercantile establishment.

2. Uses an artifice, instrument, container, device
or other article to facilitate the shoplifting.

C. A merchant, or a merchant's agent or employee,
with reasonable cause, may detain on the premises in a reasonable manner and
for a reasonable time any person who is suspected of shoplifting as prescribed
in subsection A of this section for questioning or summoning a law enforcement
officer.

D. Reasonable cause is a defense to a civil or
criminal action against a peace officer, a merchant or an agent or employee of
the merchant for false arrest, false or unlawful imprisonment or wrongful
detention.

E. If a minor engages in conduct that violates
subsection A of this section, notwithstanding the fact that the minor may not
be held responsible because of the person's minority, any merchant who is
injured by the shoplifting of the minor may bring a civil action against the
parent or legal guardian of the minor under either section 12-661 or 12-692.

F. Any merchant who is injured by the shoplifting of
an adult or emancipated minor in violation of subsection A of this section may
bring a civil action against the adult or emancipated minor pursuant to section
12-691.

G. In imposing sentence on a person who is convicted
of violating this section, the court may require any person to perform public
services designated by the court in addition to or in lieu of any fine that the
court might impose.

H. Shoplifting property with a value of
two thousand dollars

$2,900
or more,
shoplifting property during any continuing criminal episode or shoplifting
property if done to promote, further or assist any criminal street gang or
criminal syndicate is a class 5 felony. Shoplifting property with a
value of
one thousand dollars

$1,500
or
more but less than
two thousand dollars

$2,900

is a class 6 felony.� Shoplifting property valued at less than
one thousand dollars

$1,500
is a class 1
misdemeanor, unless the property is a firearm in which case the shoplifting is
a class 6 felony.� For the purposes of this subsection, "continuing
criminal episode" means theft of property with a value of
one
thousand five hundred dollars

$2,900
or more if
committed during at least three separate incidences within a period of ninety
consecutive days.

I. A person who in the course of shoplifting uses an
artifice, instrument, container, device or other article with the intent to
facilitate shoplifting or who commits shoplifting and who has previously
committed or been convicted within the past five years of two or more offenses
involving burglary, shoplifting, robbery, organized retail theft or theft is
guilty of a class 4 felony.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 6. Section 13-1807, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-1807.

Issuing a bad check; violation; classification

A. A person commits issuing a bad check if the
person issues or passes a check knowing that the person does not have
sufficient funds in or on deposit with the bank or other drawee for the payment
in full of the check as well as all other checks outstanding at the time of
issuance.

B. Any of the following is a defense to prosecution
under this section:

1. The payee or holder knows or has been expressly
notified before the drawing of the check or has reason to believe that the
drawer did not have on deposit or to the drawer's credit with the drawee
sufficient funds to ensure payment on its presentation.

2. The check is postdated and sufficient funds are
on deposit with the drawee on such later date for the payment in full of the
check.

3. Insufficiency of funds results from an adjustment
to the person's account by the credit institution without notice to the person.

C.
Nothing in
This section
prohibits
does not prohibit
prosecution
for any other applicable criminal offense.

D. Except as provided in subsection E of this
section, issuing a bad check is a class 1 misdemeanor.

E. Issuing a bad check in an amount of
five thousand dollars

$7,100
or more is a
class 6 felony if the person fails to pay the full amount of the check,
including accrued interest at the rate of twelve
per cent
percent
per year and any other applicable fees pursuant to
this chapter, within sixty days after receiving notice pursuant to section 13-1808.

END_STATUTE

Sec. 7. Section 13-1818, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-1818.

Misappropriation of charter school monies; violation;
classification

A. A person commits misappropriation of charter
school monies if without lawful authority and with an intent to defraud the
person converts monies provided by this state under a charter school contract
in a manner that does not further the purposes of the charter and is not
reasonably related to the business of the charter school.

B. A violation of subsection A is a class 4 felony,
except that if the amount of monies converted is
twenty-five
thousand dollars

$41,700
or more a violation of
subsection A is a class 2 felony.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 8. Section 13-2103, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-2103.

Receipt of anything of value obtained by fraudulent use of a
credit card; classification

A. A person, being a third party, commits receipt of
anything of value obtained by fraudulent use of a credit card by buying or
receiving or attempting to buy or receive money, goods, services or any other
thing of value obtained in violation of section 13-2105, knowing or
believing that it was so obtained.

B. Receipt of anything of value obtained by
fraudulent use of a credit card is a class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the
property bought or received or attempted to be bought or received is less than
two hundred fifty dollars
$400
. If
the value of the property bought or received or attempted to be bought or
received is
two hundred fifty dollars

$400
or
more but less than
one thousand dollars

$1,800

the offense is a class 6 felony. If the value of the property
bought or received or attempted to be bought or received is
one
thousand dollars

$1,800
or more the offense is a
class 5 felony. Amounts obtained by fraudulent use of a credit card
pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, whether from one or several
persons, may be aggregated in determining the classification of offense.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 9. Section 13-2105, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-2105.

Fraudulent use of a credit card; classification

A. A person commits fraudulent use of a credit card if
the person:

1. With intent to defraud, uses, for the purposes of
obtaining or attempting to obtain money, goods, services or any other thing of
value, a credit card or credit card number
that is

obtained or retained in violation of this chapter or a credit card or credit
card number
which
that
the person
knows is forged, expired,
cancelled

canceled
or revoked; or

2. Obtains or attempts to obtain money, goods,
services or any other thing of value by representing, without the consent of
the cardholder, that the person is the holder
to
of
a specified
credit
card or by
representing that the person is the holder of a credit card and the
credit
card has not in fact been issued.

B. Fraudulent use of a credit card is a class 1
misdemeanor. If the value of all money, goods, services and other
things of value obtained or attempted to be obtained in violation of this
section is
two hundred fifty dollars

$400
or
more but less than
one thousand dollars

$1,800

in any consecutive six-month period the offense is a class 6
felony. If the value of all money, goods, services and other things
of value obtained or attempted to be obtained in violation of this section is
one thousand dollars

$1,800
or more in any
consecutive six-month period the offense is a class 5 felony.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 10. Section 13-2108, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-2108.

Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services;
classification

A. A person commits fraud by a person authorized to
provide goods or services if
such
the

person knowingly:

1. Furnishes money, goods, services or any other
thing of value
upon
on
presentation
of a credit card
that is
obtained or retained in
violation of section 13-2102 or a credit card
which such
that the
person knows is forged, expired,
cancelled
canceled
or revoked.

2. Fails to furnish money, goods, services or any
other thing of value which such person represents in writing to the issuer or a
participating party that such person has furnished, and who receives any
payment therefor.

B. Except as provided in subsections C and D
of this section
, fraud by a person authorized to provide goods
or services
in subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2
is a class
1 misdemeanor.

C. If the payment received by the person for all
money, goods, services or other things of value furnished in violation of
subsection A, paragraph 1 exceeds
one hundred dollars

$400
in any consecutive six-month period, the offense is
a class 6 felony.

D. If the difference between the value of all
monies, goods, services or any other thing of value actually furnished and the
payment or payments received by the person therefor
upon such
on the
representation in violation of subsection A, paragraph
2 exceeds
one hundred dollars

$400
in
any consecutive six-month period, the offense is a class 6 felony.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 11. Section 13-2109, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-2109.

Credit card transaction record theft; classification

A. A person commits
credit card transaction record theft by:

1. If the person is a
merchant, knowingly presenting for payment to a participating party, with
intent to defraud, a credit card transaction record of a sale that was not made
by the merchant.

2. Knowingly and without the participating party's
authorization commanding, encouraging, requesting or soliciting a merchant to
present for payment to the participating party a credit card transaction record
of a sale that was not made by the merchant.

B. In order to determine the classification of the
offense, the state may aggregate in the indictment or information amounts that
were taken from one or more persons in credit card transaction record theft
that was committed pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct.

C. Credit card transaction record theft with a value
of
twenty-five thousand dollars

$49,700

or more is a class 2 felony. Credit card transaction record
theft with a value of at least
three thousand dollars

$5,900
but less than
twenty-five thousand
dollars

$49,700
is a class 3
felony. Credit card transaction record theft with a value of at
least
two thousand dollars

$3,700
but
less than
three thousand dollars

$5,900
is
a class 4 felony. Credit card transaction record theft with a value
of at least
one thousand dollars

$2,000
but
less than
two thousand dollars

$3,700
is
a class 5 felony. Credit card transaction record theft with a value
of at least
five hundred dollars

$1,000
but
less than
one thousand dollars

$2,000
is
a class 6 felony. Credit card transaction record theft with a value
of less than
five hundred dollars

$1,000
is
a class 1 misdemeanor.

D. A person who is convicted of a violation of this
section that involved an amount of at least
one hundred thousand
dollars

$200,000
is not eligible for suspension of
sentence, probation, pardon, or release from confinement on any other basis
except pursuant to 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.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 12. Section 13-2310, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-2310.

Fraudulent schemes and artifices; classification; definition

A.
Any
a

person who, pursuant to a scheme or artifice to defraud, knowingly obtains any
benefit by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, promises or
material omissions is guilty of a class 2 felony.

B. Reliance on the
part of any person shall not be a necessary element of the offense described in
subsection A of this section.

C. A person who is
convicted of a violation of this section that involved a benefit with a value
of
one hundred thousand dollars

$175,000
or
more or the manufacture, sale or marketing of opioids is not eligible for
suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any
basis except pursuant to 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.

D. This state shall apply the aggregation prescribed
by section 13-1801, subsection B to violations of this section in
determining the applicable punishment.

E. For the purposes of this section, "scheme or
artifice to defraud" includes a scheme or artifice to deprive a person of
the intangible right of honest services.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 13. Section 13-2605, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-2605.

Commercial bribery; classification; exception

A. A person commits commercial bribery if:

1.
Such

the
person
confers any benefit on an employee without the consent of
such
the
employee's employer, corruptly intending that
such
the
benefit will influence the
conduct of the employee in relation to the employer's commercial affairs, and
the conduct of the employee causes economic loss to the employer.

2. While an employee of an employer
such
the
employee accepts any benefit from another person,
corruptly intending that
such
the

benefit will influence his conduct in relation to the employer's commercial
affairs, and
such
the
conduct causes
economic loss to the employer or principal.

B. Commercial bribery is a class 5 felony if the
value of the benefit is more than
one thousand dollars
$3,600
. Commercial bribery is a class 6 felony if
the value of the benefit is not more than
one thousand dollars

$3,600
but not less than
one hundred
dollars
$300
. Commercial bribery is a
class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the benefit is less than
one
hundred dollars
$300
.

C. This section
shall
does
not
be construed to
prohibit a
person from recruiting an employee of another employer unless, pursuant to an
agreement between
such
the
person
and the employee that
such
the

employee engage in conduct
which
that

will cause economic loss to his employer,
such
the
employee engages in conduct while an employee of his
original employer and
such
the

conduct causes economic loss to the employer.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 14. Section 13-3701, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-3701.

Unlawful use of food stamps; classification; definitions

A. A person commits
unlawful use of food stamps if the person knowingly:

1. Uses, transfers, acquires, possesses or redeems
food stamps by means of a false statement or representation, a material
omission or the failure to disclose a change in circumstances or by any other
fraudulent device.�

2. Counterfeits, alters, uses, transfers, acquires
or possesses counterfeited or altered food stamps or electronic benefit
transfer cards.

3. Appropriates food stamps with which the person
has been entrusted or of which the person has gained possession by virtue of a
position as a public employee.

4. Buys, sells, transfers, acquires or redeems food
stamps, or eligible food purchased with food stamps, in exchange for cash or
consideration other than eligible food.

B. Unlawful use of food stamps under subsection A,
paragraph 1 is a class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the food stamps is
one hundred dollars

$400
or less, or a
class 6 felony if the value is over
one hundred dollars
$400
. Unlawful use of food stamps under subsection
A, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 is a class 5 felony.

C. For the purposes of this section:�

1. "Eligible food" means any of the
following:

(a) Any food or food product that is intended for
human consumption except alcoholic beverages, tobacco and hot foods and hot
food products that are prepared for immediate consumption.

(b) Seeds and plants to grow foods for the personal
consumption of an eligible household.

(c) Meals that are prepared and delivered by an
authorized meal delivery service to a household that is eligible to use coupons
to purchase delivered meals or meals that are served by an authorized communal
dining facility for the elderly or for a supplemental security income
household, or both, to a household that is eligible to use coupons for communal
dining.

(d) Meals that are prepared and served by a drug
addict or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation center to narcotic addicts or
alcoholics and the children who live with the narcotic addict or alcoholic.

(e) Meals that are prepared and served by a group
living arrangement facility to residents who are blind or who have a
disability.

(f) Meals that are prepared and served by a shelter
for battered women and children to the shelter's eligible residents.

(g) Meals that are prepared for and served by an
authorized public or private nonprofit establishment, including a soup kitchen
or temporary shelter, that is approved by an appropriate state or local agency
and that feeds homeless persons.

(h) Meals that are prepared by a restaurant that
contracts with an appropriate state agency to serve meals at low or reduced
prices to homeless persons and households in which all
persons
residents
are elderly or
disabled
have a disability
.

2. "Food stamps" includes food stamp
coupons and electronically transferred supplemental nutrition assistance
program benefits.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 15. Section 13-3713, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-3713.

Consideration for referral of patient, client or customer; fraud;
violation; classification

A. Except for payments from a medical researcher to
a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 in connection with
identifying and monitoring patients for a clinical trial regulated by the
United States food and drug administration, a person who knowingly offers,
delivers, receives or accepts any rebate, refund, commission, preference or
other consideration as compensation for referring a patient, client or customer
to any individual, pharmacy, laboratory, clinic or health care institution providing
medical or health-related services or items pursuant to title 11, chapter
2, article 7 or title 36, chapter 29, other than specifically provided for in
accordance with title 11, chapter 2, article 7 or title 36, chapter 29, is
guilty of:

1. A class 3 felony if the consideration had a value
of
one thousand dollars
$3,000
or
more.

2. A class 4 felony if the consideration had a value
of more than
one hundred dollars

$300
but
less than
one thousand dollars
$3,000
.

3. A class 6 felony if the consideration had a value
of
one hundred dollars

$300
or less.

B. A person who knowingly presents false information
or misrepresents or conceals a material fact on an application for medical or
health coverage pursuant to title 36, chapter 29 or section 11-291 or who
knowingly fails to notify the county of residence of a change in conditions
that, if notification had been made, would have resulted in termination of
eligibility or change in eligibility status for medical or health coverage
pursuant to title 36, chapter 29 or section 11-291 is guilty of a class 6
felony.

C. A person who knowingly obtains or attempts to
obtain medical or health coverage pursuant to title 36, chapter 29 or section
11-291 by the use of any means of identification not authorized by the
Arizona health care cost containment system administration or by the use of any
means of identification authorized by the Arizona health care cost containment
system administration that has been or would have been fraudulently acquired is
guilty of:

1. A class 5 felony if the value of the medical or
health coverage or attempted coverage is
one thousand dollars

$3,000
or more.

2. A class 6 felony if the value of the medical or
health coverage or attempted coverage exceeds
one hundred dollars

$300
but is less than
one thousand dollars
$3,000
.

3. A class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the medical
or health coverage or attempted coverage is
one hundred dollars

$300
or less.

D. A person who knowingly counterfeits or alters any
means of identification or uses, transfers, acquires or possesses counterfeited
or altered identification for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining medical or
health coverage pursuant to title 36, chapter 29 or section 11-291 is
guilty of a class 4 felony.

E. A person
who is
lawfully
entitled to medical or health coverage pursuant to title 36, chapter 29 or
section 11-291
and
who knowingly furnishes, gives
or lends that person's means of identification to any person for the purpose of
fraudulently obtaining medical or health coverage pursuant to title 36, chapter
29 or section 11-291 is guilty of a class 6 felony.

F. A person who knowingly aids or abets another
person pursuant to section 13-301, 13-302 or 13-303 in the
commission of an offense under this section or section 36-2905.04 is
guilty of a class 5 felony.

G. The county attorney of the county in which the
violation occurs and the attorney general have concurrent jurisdiction to
prosecute all violations specified in this section.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 16. Section 13-3730, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-3730.

Unlawful patient brokering; classification; definition

A. It is unlawful for a person, including a health
care provider, behavioral health professional, health care institution or sober
living home, to offer, pay, solicit or receive any commission, bonus, rebate,
kickback or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in any
split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, in return for either:

1. Referring patients or clients to or from a sober
living home or a substance use disorder treatment facility.

2. Accepting or acknowledging the enrollment of a
patient or client for substance use disorder services at a sober living home.

B. A violation of this section is:

1. A class 3 felony if the consideration has a value
of
$1,000

$1,200
or more.

2. A class 4 felony if the consideration has a value
of more than $100 but less than
$1,000

$1,200
.

3. A class 6 felony if the consideration has a value
of $100 or less.

C. For the purposes of this section, "sober
living home" has the same meaning prescribed in section 36-2061.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 17. Section 13-3731, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
13-3731.

Unlawful food or drink contamination; damages; classification

A. It is unlawful to intentionally introduce, add or
mingle any bodily fluid or foreign object not intended for human consumption
with any water, food, drink or other product intended for consumption by
another human being.

B. The cost to clean up and sanitize the
contaminated area and any monetary compensation that was provided to a human
being who consumed the contaminated water, food, drink or other product may be
included in calculating the dollar amount of the damages caused by the
contamination.

C. A person who violates this section is guilty of:

1. A class 1 misdemeanor if either of the following
occurs:

(a) A human being consumes the contaminated water,
food, drink or other product.

(b) The damage caused by the contamination is at
least
$1,000
$1,200
.

2. A class 2 misdemeanor if no human being consumes
the contaminated water, food, drink or other product and the damage caused by
the contamination is less than
$1,000

$1,200
.
END_STATUTE