Arizona SB 1585: homelessness; rights; eviction; housing; appropriation

Bill Text

SB1585 - 572R - S Ver 

 Senate Engrossed

 sex offenders; fund; 
 assessment; subcommittee

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE BILL 1585

AN 
ACT

AMENDING TITLE 12, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA 
REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 12-116.13; amending section 13-3828, 
Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 13, chapter 38, article 3, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-3828.01; appropriating monies; 
RELATING TO SEX OFFENDER monitoring.

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Be it 
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 12, chapter 1, article 1, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-116.13, to 
read:

START_STATUTE12-116.13. Additional assessment for sexual offenses

A. In addition to any other 
assessment or restitution, if a person is convicted of a violation of title 13, 
chapter 14 or 35.1, the court shall order the person to pay an additional 
assessment in one of the following amounts:

1. For a class 1 felony, $2,000.

2. For a class 2 felony, $1,500.

3. For a class 3 felony, $1,000.

4. For a class 4 felony, $500.

5. For a class 5 felony, $375.

6. For a class 6 felony, $250.

7. For a class 1 misdemeanor, $200.

8. For a class 2 misdemeanor, $150.

9. For a class 3 misdemeanor, $75.

B. The court shall transmit the 
assessments collected pursuant to this section to the county treasurer, except 
that municipal courts shall transmit the assessments to the city or town 
treasurer.

C. The city, town or county treasurer 
shall transmit the assessments to the state treasurer. the state 
treasurer shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, 
the assessments in the sex offender surcharge fund established by section 13-3828.01. 
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 13-3828, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-3828. Sex offender management board; duties; report

A. The sex offender management board is established 
within the department of public safety and consists of members who represent 
urban and rural areas of this state, who have expertise in adult and juvenile 
issues that relate to sex offenders and who are appointed as follows: 

1. The chief justice of the supreme court shall 
appoint the following members, who may be active or retired and who have 
sufficient experience in the field:

(a) One member who represents the judicial 
department.

(b) One member who is a superior court judge.

(c) One member who is either a juvenile court judge 
or a juvenile hearing officer. 

2. The director of the state department of 
corrections shall appoint one member who represents the state department of 
corrections.

3. The director of the department of economic 
security shall appoint one member who represents the department of economic 
security and who has recognizable expertise in intellectual and developmental 
disabilities.

4. The director of the department of child safety 
shall appoint the following members:

(a) One member who is a provider of out-of-home 
placement services and who has recognizable expertise in providing services to 
juveniles who have committed sexual offenses.

(b) One member who represents the department of 
child safety.

5. The director of the department of public safety 
shall appoint the following members:

(a) Two members who are licensed mental health 
professionals and who have recognizable expertise in the treatment of adult sex 
offenders.

(b) Two members who are licensed mental health 
professionals and who have recognizable expertise in the treatment of juveniles 
who have committed sexual offenses.

(c) One member who is a public defender and who has 
recognizable expertise related to sexual offenses.

(d) One member who represents law enforcement and 
who has recognizable expertise in addressing sexual offenses and victimization.

(e) Three members who are recognized experts in the 
field of sexual abuse and who represent sexual abuse victims and victims' 
rights organizations.

(f) One public member who has expertise related to 
the evaluation, treatment or supervision of sex offenders.

(g) One member who is a clinical polygraph examiner 
and who is trained in postconviction sex offender testing.

(h) One member who is a current or former probation 
representative and who has recognizable 
expertise related to sexual offenses.

(i) One member who is a county director of human or 
social services and who is appointed after consultation with a statewide group 
representing counties.

(j) Two members who are members of a county board of 
supervisors or who are members of the governing council for a jurisdiction that 
is a contiguous city and county, one of whom represents an urban or suburban 
county and one of whom represents a rural county, and who are appointed after 
consultation with a statewide group representing counties.

(k) One member who represents the highway patrol 
division in the department of p