|
|
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
House: JUD DPA 9-0-0-0 |
HB 2207: child sex trafficking; juvenile defendants
Sponsor: Representative Bliss, LD 1
House Engrossed
Overview
Exempts minors who are convicted of child sex trafficking from being sentenced to natural life imprisonment.
History
Child sex trafficking is a criminal offense generally relating to child prostitution that can be committed in a number of different ways. Almost all forms of this offense are classified as class 2 felonies. The only form of child sex trafficking that is not a class 2 felony involves a defendant who is at least 18 years old engaging in prostitution with a minor between 15 and 17 years old whom he did not know or have reason to know was a minor. If a person is convicted of a class 2 felony for child sex trafficking, he is subject to a mandatory sentence of natural life imprisonment without eligibility for any form of release (A.R.S. §§ 13-3212; 13-720).
Provisions
1. Establishes that a person convicted of a class 2 felony for child sex trafficking is not to be sentenced to natural life if he was below 18 years of age at the time of the offence. (Sec. 1)
2. Contains an intent clause. (Sec. 2)
3. Contains a Proposition 105 clause. (Sec. 3)
---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------
HB 2207
Initials NM Page 0 House Engrossed
---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------