Bill Text: AZ HB2629 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Tampering with a witness
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-6)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-04-09 - Senate majority caucus: Do pass [HB2629 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2013-HB2629-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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HOUSE BILL 2629 |
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AN ACT
amending section 13-2804, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to interference with judicial and other proceedings.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-2804, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-2804. Tampering with a witness; classification
A. A person commits tampering with a witness if such the person knowingly induces or attempts to induce a witness in any official proceeding or a person he believes may be called as a witness to do any of the following:
1. Unlawfully withhold any testimony. ; or
2. Testify falsely. ; or
3. Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.
4. Evade a summons or subpoena.
B. Tampering with a witness is a class 6 felony.
