Assigned to PS & ATT                                                                                        AS PASSED BY COMMITTEE

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session

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

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

Senate Action

PS                    2/11/26      DP       7-0-0

ATT                 2/24/26      DPA    8-1-1

Prepared by Senate Research

February 24, 2026

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