House Engrossed justification; criminal offenses State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HOUSE BILL 2559 AN ACT amending section 13-401, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to justification. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
House Engrossed justification; criminal offenses
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HOUSE BILL 2559
House Engrossed
justification; criminal offenses
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HOUSE BILL 2559
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