HB 2207
Initials NM Page 1 House Engrossed
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
House: JUD DPA 9-0-0-0
HB 2207: child sex trafficking; juvenile defendants
Sponsor: Representative Bliss, LD 1
House Engrossed
Overview
Exempts minors who are convicted of child 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 he was below 18 years of age at the time of the offence. (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