Bill Text: AZ HB2199 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Unlawful use; booking photos; information

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-25 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HB2199 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2016-HB2199-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: unlawful use; booking photos; information

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

Second Regular Session

2016

 

 

HB 2199

 

Introduced by

Representatives Lawrence, Thorpe: Larkin

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 13, chapter 37, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13‑3729; relating to booking photos and arrest information.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 37, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3729, to read:

START_STATUTE13-3729.  Unlawful use of booking photo and arrest information; classification

A.  It is unlawful for a person to knowingly publish on a publicly accessible website the booking photo and arrest information of another person who is arrested in this state for a criminal offense if the other person has not been convicted of the offense and the booking photo and arrest information are published without the other person's written permission and for the purpose of harassing the other person or obtaining money or any other thing of value directly from the other person.

B.  This section does not apply to public officials.

C.  A violation of this section is a petty offense, except that a second or subsequent violation of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE