Bill Text: AZ HM2002 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Victims' rights amendment; federal constitution

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-25 - Transmitted to Secretary Of State [HM2002 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HM2002-Enrolled.html

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House Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HOUSE MEMORIAL 2002

 

 

 

A MEMORIAL

 

urging the united states congress to propose an amendment to the constitution of the united states to provide rights to victims of crime.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

To the Congress of the United States of America:

Your memorialist respectfully represents:

Whereas, criminal defendants are afforded numerous federal rights and procedural protections; and

Whereas, victims of crime are not afforded any federal constitutional rights or protections; and

Whereas, the people of this state believe in the individual rights and liberties of all persons and have amended the Constitution of Arizona to provide crime victims with rights, and yet it is clear that without federal constitutional rights, crime victims' rights are less meaningful and enforceable.

Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, prays:

1.  That the Congress of the United States propose to the people an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that provides rights to crime victims and that embodies the following principles:

(a)  The right to be informed of and not excluded from any public proceedings relating to the crime.

(b)  The right to be heard regarding any release from custody.

(c)  The right to consideration for the safety and privacy of the victim, the victim's interest in avoiding unreasonable delay and the victim's interest in restitution.

(d)  The right to be heard regarding any negotiated plea or sentence.

(e)  The right to receive notice of release or escape.

2.  That any amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish rights for crime victims grant standing to victims of crime to assert all rights established by the Constitution.

3.  That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.

 

 

 

 

PASSED BY THE HOUSE APRIL 25, 2013.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 25, 2013.