Assigned to JUDE FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2207
child sex trafficking; juvenile defendants
Purpose
Requires a person that is convicted of a class 2 felony for child sex trafficking to be at least
18 years old to be sentenced to imprisonment for natural life. Contains requirements for enactment
for initiatives and referendums (Proposition 105).
Background
A person who is convicted of a class 2 felony for child sex trafficking must be sentenced
to imprisonment for natural life in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Reentry
and Rehabilitation. A person who is sentenced to natural life is not eligible for any form of release
(A.R.S. § 13-720).
Statute outlines conduct that constitutes child sex trafficking to include knowingly:
1) causing any minor to engage in prostitution; 2) enticing, recruiting, harboring, providing,
transporting, making available to another or otherwise obtaining a minor with the intent to cause
the minor to engage in prostitution or any sexually explicit performance; and 3) receiving any
benefit for or on account of procuring or placing a minor in any place or in the charge or custody
of any person for the purpose of prostitution.
Child sex trafficking is a class 2 felony, except that it is a class 5 felony if a person who is
at least 18 years old engages in prostitution with a minor who is 15, 16 or 17 years old. An offender
convicted of a first offense for sex trafficking of a minor under 15 years old is subject to a
presumptive sentence of 20 years imprisonment. If the minor is 15, 16 or 17 years old, the
presumptive sentence for a first offense of child sex trafficking is 10.5 years (A.R.S. § 13-3212).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Specifies that the natural life imprisonment sentence for class 2 felony child sex trafficking
only applies if the offender was at least18 years old at the time of the offense.
2. Makes technical changes.
3. Contains a legislative intent clause.
4. Requires for enactment the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each
house of the Legislature (Proposition 105).
5. Becomes effective on the general effective date. FACT SHEET
H.B. 2207
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House Action
JUD 1/29/25 DPA 9-0-0-0
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Read 2/13/25 53-0-7
Prepared by Senate Research
March 14, 2025
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