ArizonaCourts could order homeless, indigent defendants to do community service instead of paying an assessment
A court could order a homeless, low-income defendant who cannot pay a certain assessment to do community service instead of paying it.
What it does
A court could order a homeless, indigent defendant who cannot pay an assessment under section 12-114.01 to do mandatory community restitution in place of paying all of it.
Argument forIt could keep people with no home and no money from carrying debt they cannot pay while still holding them to account through community service.
Argument againstRequired service could be hard for people dealing with homelessness to complete, and courts and agencies would need to supervise the work.
More detail
A court could order a defendant to perform mandatory community restitution in place of paying the whole assessment. This applies to a defendant who cannot pay all or part of an assessment under section 12-114.01, is experiencing homelessness, and is indigent under the Arizona rules of criminal procedure. The court must find that the defendant is unable to pay. Assessments under sections 12-116.05 through 12-116.09 and the surcharge under section 16-954 are not covered by this section.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 19Vetoed by Governor Katie HobbsLatest
- Jun 10Transmit to GovernorTo Governor
- Jun 9FAILEDMajor
- Vote recorded Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded failed to pass. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9PASSEDMajor
- Jun 9PASSEDMajor
- Apr 13Transmit to House
- Vote recorded Passed. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded do pass amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 13PASSEDPassed Senate
- Apr 13DPAMajor
- Mar 25DPA/SEMajor
- Mar 23W/DMajor
- Mar 9Senate Second ReadingMinor
- Mar 5Senate First ReadingMinor
- Feb 23Transmit to Senate
- Vote recorded Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 23PASSEDPassed House
- Feb 16House Placed on Consent Calendar
- Feb 10DPMinor
- Jan 13House Second ReadingMinor
- Jan 12House First Reading.Minor
- 2025
- Dec 2Prefiled.Introduced
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