HB 2207
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
HB 2207: child sex trafficking; juvenile defendants
Sponsor: Representative Bliss, LD 1
Committee on Judiciary
Overview
Exempts minor victims of child sex trafficking, who are themselves convicted of sex
trafficking, from being sentenced to natural life imprisonment.
History
Child sex trafficking is a criminal offense generally relating to child prostitution that can be
committed in a number of different ways. Almost all forms of this offense are classified as
class 2 felonies. The only form of child sex trafficking that is not a class 2 felony involves a
defendant who is at least 18 years old engaging in prostitution with a minor between 15 and
17 years old whom he did not know or have reason to know was a minor. If a person is
convicted of a class 2 felony for child sex trafficking, he is subject to a mandatory sentence of
natural life imprisonment without eligibility for any form of release (A.R.S. §§ 13-3212; 13-
720).
Provisions
1. Establishes that a person convicted of a class 2 felony for child sex trafficking is not to be
sentenced to natural life if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that said
person was:
a) less than 18 years old during the commission of the offense; and
b) a victim of child sex trafficking, perpetrated by another individual, prior to
committing the offense for which he is convicted. (Sec. 1)
2. Contains an intent clause. (Sec. 2)
3. Contains a Proposition 105 clause. (Sec. 3)
☒ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note