Assigned to JUD AS PASSED BY COW
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1253
sex offender registration; school notification
Purpose
Requires a person who must be registered as a sex offender and who is the legal guardian
of a student at a public or private school to annually provide notice of the person's registration
status to the principal or administrator of the school within 10 days after the student's enrollment
in the school.
Background
When a person who is required to register on the sex offender registry is released from
confinement, the agency that had custody of the person must enter the person's identifying
information into the notification database within 72 hours of the person's release. Community
notification requirements for level two and three sex-offenders require the notification to be
disseminated in a nonelectronic format to the surrounding neighborhood, area schools, appropriate
community groups and prospective employers as well as be given to the local electronic and print
media. Local law enforcement agencies responsible for notification maintain information on level
one offenders and may disseminate it to other law enforcement agencies or parties who live with
the offender (A.R.S. § 13-3825).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires a person who must be registered as a sex offender and who is the legal guardian of a
student at a public or private school to annually provide notice of the person's registration status
to the principal or administrator of the school within 10 days after the student's enrollment in
the school.
2. Requires the sex offender's probation officer, if the person is on probation at the time of the
student's enrollment, to annually determine if the requirement to notify a school applies to a
probationer, and subsequently verify that the school has received the required notification.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee
1. Requires the sex offender's probation officer, if the person is on probation at the time of the
student's enrollment, to verify that the school has received the required notification within 30
days after the student's enrollment. FACT SHEET – Amended
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2. Specifies that the notice must be provided to the school within 10 days of the student's
enrollment at the school
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
1. Specifies that a registered sex offender must notify the principal or administrator of the school
in which their child is enrolled.
2. Requires a probation officer to annually determine if the requirement to notify a school of sex
offender registration status applies to the probationer.
3. Removes the requirement that verification of a school's notification be done within 30 days of
the student's enrollment at the school.
Senate Action
JUD 2/16/23 DPA 4-3-0
Prepared by Senate Research
February 22, 2023
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