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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
annual probation review; prehearing; notification
Purpose
Adds prehearings for probation reviews of certain probationers to the probation hearings for which notification must be provided to specified individuals.
Background
The court must conduct a probation hearing, if requested by the
probationer, at least once per year if the probationer is under 22 years old
and committed an offense requiring the person to register as a sex offender
when the person was under 18 years old. The
prosecutor, attorney for the probationer, any victim, the victim's attorney and
the probationer's probation officer must be notified of the probation hearing.
After hearing from the individuals notified and present at the probation
hearing, the court must consider whether to: 1) continue, modify or terminate
probation; 2) continue to require, suspend or terminate the probationer's sex
offender registration; and
3) continue, defer or terminate community notification requirements for persons
on the sex offender registry. The court may hold a prehearing involving the
individuals who are to be notified of the probation hearing to discuss and
advise the court on the outlined considerations relating to the probationer's
probation, registration and community notifications (A.R.S.
§ 13-923).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Adds prehearings for probation reviews of persons under 22 years old who committed an offense requiring the person to register as a sex offender when the person was under 18 years old to the probation hearings for which notification must be provided to the:
a) prosecutor;
b) probationer's attorney;
c) probation officer;
d) any victim; and
e) victim's attorney.
2. Makes technical changes.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
JUD 1/21/26 DP 9-0-0-0
3rd Read 2/2/26 56-0-4
Prepared by Senate Research
February 27, 2026
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