SB 1240 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

probation success incentive payments; calculation

SB 1240 creates payments to Arizona counties based on reducing probation failures compared to historical rates. Counties earn funds equal to 50% of prison cost savings per probationer kept out of prison (excluding those convicted of dangerous crimes against children), while the state allocates 25% of savings for statewide recidivism programs. Funds must be used for evidence-based services like drug treatment, job training, and probation officer training - not to replace existing budgets. The state calculates annual probation success rates using 2007-2019 data to determine payments and requires reporting on program effectiveness.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026

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Introduced Version → Senate Engrossed Version (03/03/2026) · 6 edits · Mar 3, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from an introduced draft into a formal Senate Engrossed version, adding detailed definitions and specific reporting requirements. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a 'fourteen-day rule,' which excludes brief detention periods from being counted as probation failures, alongside expanded definitions for key terms like 'evidence-based practices' and 'marginal cost of incarceration.'

Scope change

The scope of the bill's application remains focused on Arizona's adult probation system, but the criteria for calculating success and failure rates have been expanded to include more specific data points and exclusions.

DEFINITION

Added new subsections defining 'baseline probation failure rate,' 'evidence-based practices,' 'marginal cost of incarceration,' and 'probation programming' to ensure consistent interpretation.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that detention periods of fewer than fourteen days shall not be counted as a probation failure when calculating success rates.

Added new reporting requirements for adult probation departments to submit annual reports on incentive payments and program effectiveness by December 31.

Added a requirement for the Administrative Office of the Courts to submit a comprehensive implementation report to state leadership by July 1.

Added a requirement for adult probation departments to track and report specific outcome-based measures, such as the percentage of probationers supervised using evidence-based practices.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified the calculation of probation failure rates by explicitly listing scenarios that count as failures, such as unknown whereabouts or termination for a new crime.

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How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

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Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED

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Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

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Jan 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

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