Bill Text: AZ HB2791 | 2022 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Life sentence; indeterminate period; parole

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - House read second time [HB2791 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2022-HB2791-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: life sentence; indeterminate period; parole

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

 

HB 2791

 

Introduced by

Representatives DeGrazia: Andrade, Powers Hannley

 

 

An Act

 

amending section 13-716, 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 13-716, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-716. Offenders sentenced to life imprisonment; parole eligibility

Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of release after serving a minimum number of calendar years for an offense that was committed before the person attained eighteen years of age an indeterminate life sentence is eligible for parole on completion of service of the minimum sentence, regardless of whether the offense was committed on or after January 1, 1994.  If granted parole, the person shall remain on parole for the remainder of the person's life except that and is subject to any conditions that are set by the board of executive clemency until or unless the person is granted an absolute discharge by the board of executive clemency or the person's parole may be is revoked pursuant to section 31-415. END_STATUTE