ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session
	Senate: MAPS DPA 7-0-0-0 | APPROP DPA 7-1-2-0 | 3^rd Read 26-3-0-1 House: MAPS DPA 10-4-0-1

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SB 1117: criminal justice data collection; system.

Sponsor: Senator Bennett, LD 1

House Engrossed

Overview

Establishes a state, county and municipal online data system to be administered by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC).

History

ACJC carries out various coordinating, monitoring and reporting functions relating to the administration and management of criminal justice programs and data in Arizona. ACJC is comprised of 19 commissioners who represent various elements of the criminal justice system in Arizona. 14 commissioners are appointed by the Governor; 5 are state criminal justice agency heads. Appointed Commissioners serve for two years; their terms terminate when the first regular session of the Legislature is convened (A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 21).

Provisions

1. Directs ACJC to implement a state, county and municipal online data system to be implemented and published on ACJC's website. (Sec. 3)

2. Mandates that criminal justice agencies in Arizona, who have received funding from ACJC for system programming costs and been approved by ACJC as ready to report, must submit data if it is currently collected and readily electronically reportable. (Sec. 3)

3. Instructs law enforcement agencies to report specified data for alleged offenders, victims, agencies or service providers, events, results and the number of sworn peace officers employed. (Sec. 3)

4. Instructs prosecuting agencies to report specified data for defendants, victims, agencies, events and results. (Sec. 3)

5. Instructs courts to report specified data for defendants, agencies, events and results. (Sec. 3)

6. Instructs the Department of Corrections to report specified data for inmates, agencies, providers or facilities, events or services and results. (Sec. 3)

7. Instructs probation to report specified data for probationers, agencies, events and results. (Sec. 3)

8. Directs ACJC to establish policies to protect confidential information. (Sec. 3)

9. Asserts that criminal justice data may not be used by ACJC for political or commercial purposes. (Sec. 3)

10. Prohibits ACJC from releasing disaggregated personally identifying information, locating information, photographs or mugshots of any individual. (Sec. 2, 3)

11. Exempts, from victim's privacy laws and redaction requirements, victims' data reported to ACJC pursuant to this act. (Sec. 1)

12. Defines pertinent terms. (Sec. 2, 3)

13. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 2)

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