REFERENCE TITLE: justification; criminal offenses State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2559 Introduced by Representative Contreras L AN ACT amending section 13-401, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to justification. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: justification; criminal offenses
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HB 2559
Introduced by Representative Contreras L
REFERENCE TITLE: justification; criminal offenses
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HB 2559
Introduced by
Representative Contreras L
AN ACT
amending section 13-401, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to justification.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 13-401, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE13-401. Unavailability of justification defense; justification as defense A. Even though a person is justified under this chapter in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force against another, if in doing so such person recklessly injures or kills an innocent third person, the justification afforded by this chapter is unavailable in a prosecution for the reckless injury or killing of the innocent third person. B. Except as provided in subsection A of this section, justification, as defined prescribed in this chapter, is a defense in any prosecution for an a criminal offense pursuant to this title. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-401, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE13-401. Unavailability of justification defense; justification as defense
A. Even though a person is justified under this chapter in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force against another, if in doing so such person recklessly injures or kills an innocent third person, the justification afforded by this chapter is unavailable in a prosecution for the reckless injury or killing of the innocent third person.
B. Except as provided in subsection A of this section, justification, as defined prescribed in this chapter, is a defense in any prosecution for an a criminal offense pursuant to this title. END_STATUTE