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REFERENCE TITLE: sexual extortion; classification |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026
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HB 2666 |
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Introduced by Representatives Carter P: Biasiucci, Chaplik, Diaz, Fink, Gillette, Gress, Griffin, Heap, Hernandez A, Keshel, Marshall, Martinez, Nguyen, Peņa, Pingerelli, Rivero, Taylor, Way, Weninger, Willoughby
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AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION 13-1428, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-1428, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-1428. Sexual extortion; classification; definition
A. A person commits sexual extortion by knowingly communicating a threat with the intent to coerce another person to do any of the following:
1. Engage in sexual contact or sexual intercourse.
2. Allow the other person's genitals, anus or female breast to be photographed, filmed, videotaped or digitally recorded.
3. Exhibit the other person's genitals, anus or female breast.
B. Sexual extortion is a class 3 felony and the person is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the sentence imposed by the court has been served or commuted. If the victim is fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years of age, sexual extortion is a class 2 felony, the convicted person's sentence shall be consecutive to any other sentence imposed on the convicted person for sexual extortion and the convicted person is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the sentence imposed by the court has been served or commuted. If the victim is under fifteen years of age, sexual extortion is a class 2 felony and is punishable pursuant to section 13-705.
C. For the purposes of this section, "communicating a threat" means a threat to do any of the following:
1. Damage the property of the other person.
2. Harm the reputation of the other person.
3. Produce or distribute a photograph, film, videotape or digital recording that depicts the other person engaging in sexual contact or sexual intercourse or the exhibition of the other person's genitals, anus or female breast.