Text of AZ HB 2672 (2006)

REFERENCE TITLE: sentencing; misdemeanors involving hate State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2006 HB 2672 Introduced by Representatives Lopez L, Aguirre A, Bradley, Burton Cahill, Garcia M, Kirkpatrick, Landrum Taylor, Lujan, Miranda B, Sinema, Senators Cheuvront, Mitchell: Representatives Alvarez, Cajero Bedford, Downing, Gallardo, Lopes, McCune Davis, Meza, Prezelski, Rios P, Tom, Senators Aboud, Brotherton, Rios AN ACT Amending title 13, chapter 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13‑713; relating to sentencing. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 13, chapter 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-713, to read: START_STATUTE13-713. Misdemeanors involving hate; sentencing If a person is convicted of a misdemeanor offense and the court finds that the defendant committed the offense out of malice toward a victim because of the victim's identity in a group listed in section 41-1750, subsection A, paragraph 3 or because of the defendant's perception of the victim's identity in a group listed in section 41-1750, subsection A, paragraph 3, the court shall affirmatively state its findings on the record and may increase the sentence. END_STATUTE