Assigned to MAPS AS PASSED BY COW
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1047
interfering with law enforcement; offense
(NOW: criminal trespass; aiding peace officer)
Purpose
Expands the criminal classifications of third degree criminal trespass and refusing to aid
a peace officer.
Background
A person commits third degree criminal trespass by: 1) knowingly entering or remaining
unlawfully on any real property after a reasonable request to leave by a law enforcement officer,
the owner or any other person having lawful control over such property, or reasonable notice
prohibiting entry; or 2) knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully on the right-of-way of tracks,
or the storage or switching yards or rolling stock of a railroad company. Third degree criminal
trespass is a class 3 misdemeanor (A.R.S. § 13-1502).
A person commits interfering with a crime scene investigation if the person knowingly
disobeys a peace officer's reasonable verbal order to remain off the premises of a possible crime
scene or otherwise interferes with a peace officer's crime scene investigation. In this case a crime
scene means an area where a crime has possibly occurred and a peace officer who is on-site has
determined that it is necessary to restrict the public's access to the area until any potential evidence
of the crime at the scene is identified and preserved, victims and suspects are identified and, if
necessary, any emergency medical care and ambulance transportation is requested. Interfering with
a crime scene investigation is a class 2 misdemeanor (A.R.S. § 13-2413).
A person commits refusing to aid a peace officer if, upon reasonable command by a person
reasonably known to be a peace officer, the person knowingly refuses or fails to aid the peace
officer with effectuating or securing an arrest or preventing the commission of any offense by
another person. Refusing to aid a peace officer is a class 1 misdemeanor (A.R.S. § 13-2403).
A class 1 misdemeanor carries a jail sentence not to exceed six months and a fine not to
exceed $2,500, as determined by the court. A class 2 misdemeanor carries a jail sentence not to
exceed four months and a fine not to exceed $750, as determined by the court. A class 3
misdemeanor carries a jail sentence not to exceed 30 days and a fine not to exceed $500, as
determined by the court (A.R.S. §§ 13-707 and 13-802).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
FACT SHEET
S.B. 1047
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Provisions
1. Classifies, as third degree criminal trespass, knowingly entering or remaining in any of the
following locations without lawful authority:
a) in an area that law enforcement designates as "no trespassing" by placing police tape, a
barrier or barricade; or
b) at the site of a natural disaster, a traffic accident or another type of accident, a civil
disturbance or an active law enforcement investigation, if there is active law enforcement
intervention into criminal activity at the site and law enforcement communicates that public
access is restricted.
2. Classifies, as refusing to aid a peace officer, refusing to remain at a reasonable distance, as
determined by the peace officer, from the location where the peace officer is actively
intervening in a dangerous or potentially violent criminal occurrence with another person who
is threatening or agitated or who appears to be emotionally unstable.
3. Makes technical changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee
• Adopted the strike-everything amendment.
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
• Specifies that a person commits criminal trespass in the third degree by knowingly entering or
remaining at the site of a natural disaster, traffic accident or other type of accident, civil
disturbance or an active law enforcement investigation, if there is active law enforcement
intervention into criminal activity at the site and law enforcement communicates that public
access is restricted.
Senate Action
MAPS 2/8/23 DPA/SE 4-3-0
Prepared by Senate Research
March 1, 2023
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