REFERENCE TITLE: indeterminate life sentence; parole State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023 HB 2708 Introduced by Representatives Kolodin: Ortiz An Act amending section 13-716, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to sentencing. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: indeterminate life sentence; parole
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
HB 2708
Introduced by Representatives Kolodin: Ortiz
REFERENCE TITLE: indeterminate life sentence; parole
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
2023
HB 2708
Introduced by
Representatives Kolodin: Ortiz
An Act
amending section 13-716, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to sentencing.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 13-716, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE13-716. Offenders sentenced to an indeterminate life sentence; parole eligibility Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of release after serving a minimum number of calendar years for an offense that was committed before the person attained eighteen years of age an indeterminate life sentence is eligible for parole on completion of service of the minimum sentence, regardless of whether the offense was committed on or after January 1, 1994. If granted parole, the person shall remain on parole for the remainder of the person's life except that and subject to any conditions that are set by the board of executive clemency until or unless the person is granted an absolute discharge from parole by the board of executive clemency or the person's parole may be is revoked pursuant to section 31-415. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-716, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE13-716. Offenders sentenced to an indeterminate life sentence; parole eligibility
Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of release after serving a minimum number of calendar years for an offense that was committed before the person attained eighteen years of age an indeterminate life sentence is eligible for parole on completion of service of the minimum sentence, regardless of whether the offense was committed on or after January 1, 1994. If granted parole, the person shall remain on parole for the remainder of the person's life except that and subject to any conditions that are set by the board of executive clemency until or unless the person is granted an absolute discharge from parole by the board of executive clemency or the person's parole may be is revoked pursuant to section 31-415. END_STATUTE