Arizona 2024 2024 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1117 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/16/2024

                    Assigned to MAPS & APPROP 	AS PASSED BY COMMITTEE 
 
 
 
 
ARIZONA STATE SENATE 
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session 
 
AMENDED 
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1117 
 
criminal justice data collection; system. 
Purpose 
Requires the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) to implement the State, County 
and Municipal Open Data System (Data System) on ACJC's website in a format that is readily 
accessible to the public.  
Background 
The ACJC is designated as the central collection point for criminal justice data collection 
and may, unless prohibited by federal law, require any state or local criminal justice agencies to 
submit any necessary information that is currently collected and readily reportable by the agency 
at the time of the request. This information includes an agency's compliance with statutorily 
required reports or mandated federal or state reporting, or any other information that is deemed 
necessary by a vote of ACJC (A.R.S. § 41-2408). 
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this 
legislation.   
Provisions 
1. Requires ACJC to implement the Data System to be published on ACJC's website in a modern, 
open and electronic format that is readily available to the public. 
2. Requires law enforcement agencies to report specified identifying information for alleged 
offenders, victims and agencies or service providers, as well as other relevant data points for 
specific events and results. 
3. Requires prosecuting agencies to report specified identifying information for defendants, 
victims and agencies, as well as other relevant data points for specific events and results. 
4. Requires the courts to report specified identifying information for defendants and agencies, as 
well as other relevant data points for specific events and results. 
5. Requires the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to report 
specified identifying information for inmates, agencies and provider or facilities, as well as 
other relevant data points for specific events or services and results. 
6. Requires probation departments to report specified identifying information for probationers, 
agencies and events, as well as other relevant data points for results.   FACT SHEET – Amended  
S.B. 1117 
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7. Prohibits ACJC from releasing any disaggregated personal identifying, locating information, 
photographs or mugshots of any person. 
8. Specifies that ACJC may require criminal justice agencies to submit any necessary information 
that is currently collected and readily reportable electronically by the agency at the time of the 
request. 
9. Requires law enforcement agencies to report the number of sworn peace officers employed by 
the agency on January 31 of each year to the Data System, and further requires each agency to 
provide a copy of this information to the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board. 
10. Specifies that appropriations are exempt from lapsing. 
11. Defines terms. 
12. Makes technical and conforming changes. 
13. Becomes effective on the general effective date.  
Amendments Adopted by the Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security Committee  
• Removes the appropriation of $1.4 million from the state GF to ACJC in FY 2025. 
 
Senate Action  
MAPS 2/14/24 DPA 7-0-0  
 
Prepared by Senate Research 
February 16, 2024 
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