Starting in 2 minutes - Committee On Criminal Justice Reform in the House of Representatives at the Arizona statehouse azleg.gov/videoplayer/?c… 
HB2320 would expand the ability to seal arrest and sentencing records - @StevenScharbone just gave a really powerful statement on why he thinks it should be expanded to more formerly incarcerated people to help them with challenges they face azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/…
Speaker raising concerns on behalf Phoenix Newspapers Inc, which publishes the Arizona Republic, states concerns about "wholesale sealing" of records
This is @DanArellanoAZ speaking - he says the bill would create one of the broadest sealing standards in the nation
HB2320 passes
HB2713 would modify the earned release credits program and require the Department to submit an annual report on the program - Rep. Blackman says he's been working on the bill for 3 years azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/…
.@BoazWit calls the bill "common sense reform" - cites results in other states that have been able to reduce prison populations and close facilities
Ryan Boyd, speaking on behalf of county attorneys, says they are in opposition, concerned about how the retroactivity of the bill would "undermine truth in sentencing"
Rep. Blackman, who authored the bill, says the bill is not retroactive, applies to the current prison population
Blackman says he is puzzled because county attorneys signed onto the bill last year - says its the first he's heard of the opposition
Blackman says he is puzzled because county attorneys signed onto the bill last year - says its the first he's heard of the opposition
Spokesman says the County Attorneys he represents that oppose the bill are from Coconino, Pinal, Yavapai and others
.@jalexandriahunt, who is formerly incarcerated, says programming has seriously declined in recent years in Arizona prisons, supports the bill but says people should have more opportunities to take part in programming and more of it should qualify for release
HB2713 passes
HB2165 creates a home arrest program for inmates in state prisons that meet certain criteria azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/…
Kathryn Ptak, Executive Director Arizona Board of Executive Clemency, says the Department of Corrections thinks about 8,000 people would qualify - talks about the amount of time it would take to have all those hearings
HB2165 passes
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