Bill Text: AZ SB1419 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Traffic stops; unmarked vehicles; prohibition

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-05 - Senate read second time [SB1419 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2024-SB1419-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: traffic stops; unmarked vehicles; prohibition

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

SB 1419

 

Introduced by

Senators Hernandez: Alston, Epstein, Gabaldón, Hatathlie, Mendez, Miranda, Sundareshan;  Representatives Ortiz, Sandoval, Villegas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending section 28-1594, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to civil traffic violations.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1. Section 28-1594, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-1594. Authority to detain persons; unmarked vehicles; definition

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency may stop and detain a person as is reasonably necessary to investigate an actual or suspected violation of this title and to serve a copy of the traffic complaint for an alleged civil or criminal violation of this title.

B. A peace officer may not stop and detain a person pursuant to subsection A of this section while the peace officer is driving an unmarked vehicle.

C. For the purposes of this section, "unmarked vehicle" means a vehicle that is not appropriately marked to show that it is an official law enforcement vehicle. END_STATUTE