Arizona 2025 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2459 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: prisoners; strip search; pat search State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2459 Introduced by Representatives Stahl Hamilton: Abeytia, Aguilar, Blattman, Contreras P, Crews, De Los Santos, Garcia, Hernandez A, Hernandez L, Liguori, Sandoval, Simacek, Villegas; Senators Alston, Bravo, Epstein, Gabaldn An Act repealing section 31-236, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 31, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 31-236; relating to prisoners. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9	REFERENCE TITLE: prisoners; strip search; pat search
10	10	State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
11	11	HB 2459
12	12	Introduced by Representatives Stahl Hamilton: Abeytia, Aguilar, Blattman, Contreras P, Crews, De Los Santos, Garcia, Hernandez A, Hernandez L, Liguori, Sandoval, Simacek, Villegas; Senators Alston, Bravo, Epstein, Gabaldn
13	13
14	14	REFERENCE TITLE: prisoners; strip search; pat search
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24	State of Arizona
25	25
26	26	House of Representatives
27	27
28	28	Fifty-seventh Legislature
29	29
30	30	First Regular Session
31	31
32	32	2025
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40	HB 2459
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44	Introduced by
45	45
46	46	Representatives Stahl Hamilton: Abeytia, Aguilar, Blattman, Contreras P, Crews, De Los Santos, Garcia, Hernandez A, Hernandez L, Liguori, Sandoval, Simacek, Villegas; Senators Alston, Bravo, Epstein, Gabaldn
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64	An Act
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68	repealing section 31-236, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 31, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 31-236; relating to prisoners.
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74	(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Repeal Section 31-236, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed. Sec. 2. Title 31, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 31-236, to read: START_STATUTE31-236. Prisoners; strip search; pat search; procedures; definition A. A strip search may only be performed by a correctional officer who is of the same gender as the prisoner and in a room that is designated by the warden, deputy warden or prison administrator for strip searches. If a reason exists for a strip search to be done immediately, the shift commander or duty officer may authorize the use of a private area other than the designated strip search room. Except during an inspection of the hair on a prisoner's head, a correctional officer may not touch any part of the prisoner's body during a strip search. B. A pat search may only be performed by a correctional officer who is of the same gender as the prisoner, except that in an emergency situation, a correctional officer of the opposite gender may conduct a pat search if both of the following apply: 1. The following information is documented in the correctional service log: (a) the name of the correctional officer who conducts the pat search. (b) the name of any correctional officer who witnesses the pat search. (c) the correctional officer's badge number. (d) the prisoner's name and state department of corrections number. (e) the reason for the cross gender pat search. 2. When possible, the pat search is conducted in the presence of at least one additional correctional officer. C. For the purposes of this section, "pat search" means a search that is conducted by a correctional officer who pats down or frisks the body of a clothed prisoner. END_STATUTE
79	79
80	80	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
81	81
82	82	Section 1. Repeal
83	83
84	84	Section 31-236, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.
85	85
86	86	Sec. 2. Title 31, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 31-236, to read:
87	87
88	88	START_STATUTE31-236. Prisoners; strip search; pat search; procedures; definition
89	89
90	90	A. A strip search may only be performed by a correctional officer who is of the same gender as the prisoner and in a room that is designated by the warden, deputy warden or prison administrator for strip searches. If a reason exists for a strip search to be done immediately, the shift commander or duty officer may authorize the use of a private area other than the designated strip search room. Except during an inspection of the hair on a prisoner's head, a correctional officer may not touch any part of the prisoner's body during a strip search.
91	91
92	92	B. A pat search may only be performed by a correctional officer who is of the same gender as the prisoner, except that in an emergency situation, a correctional officer of the opposite gender may conduct a pat search if both of the following apply:
93	93
94	94	1. The following information is documented in the correctional service log:
95	95
96	96	(a) the name of the correctional officer who conducts the pat search.
97	97
98	98	(b) the name of any correctional officer who witnesses the pat search.
99	99
100	100	(c) the correctional officer's badge number.
101	101
102	102	(d) the prisoner's name and state department of corrections number.
103	103
104	104	(e) the reason for the cross gender pat search.
105	105
106	106	2. When possible, the pat search is conducted in the presence of at least one additional correctional officer.
107	107
108	108	C. For the purposes of this section, "pat search" means a search that is conducted by a correctional officer who pats down or frisks the body of a clothed prisoner. END_STATUTE