HB 2488
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
House: JUD DPA 9-0-0-0
HB 2488: apprenticeship; supervised probation.
Sponsor: Representative Hernandez A, LD 20
Caucus & COW
Overview
Grants additional work hours and travel permissions to certain persons on probation if they
are participating in an apprenticeship program.
History
If a person who has been convicted of an offense is eligible for probation, the court may
suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and must place the person on probation on
such terms and conditions as the law requires and the court deems appropriate (A.R.S. § 13-
901).
If the court imposes a term of probation, the court may require the defendant to report to a
probation officer; the court or the defendant's probation officer may allow the defendant to
fulfill a reporting requirement through remote reporting. The probation officer must take
into consideration and make accommodations for the probationer's work schedule, family
caregiver obligations, substance abuse programs, mental health treatments, transportation
availability and medical care requirements before setting the reporting time and location
requirements for the probationer (A.R.S. § 13-901).
Provisions
1. Permits a probationer who is on supervised probation, and participating in a state or
federally recognized apprenticeship program, to do both of the following:
a) work during any hours of the day, while in good standing with the apprenticeship;
and
b) travel outside his residing jurisdiction to work in the apprenticeship, provided he
returns to his residing jurisdiction by 11:59PM each day. (Sec. 1)
Amendments
Committee on Judiciary
1. Clarifies that if the probationer leaves his residing jurisdiction for his apprenticeship, he
must still stay within the state.
2. Strikes the section requiring a probationer to return to his residing jurisdiction by
11:59PM each day.
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note