This bill proposes to amend section 13-2926 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, which currently states that a person who violates this section is guilty of a class 5 felony. The amendment introduces new language that specifies harsher penalties for certain actions related to the treatment of dead human bodies.

Specifically, the bill adds that individuals who mutilate, disfigure, or dismember a dead human body with the intent to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension, or who cause the death of a person before abandoning or concealing the body or its parts, would be guilty of a class 3 felony. This change aims to strengthen the legal consequences for more severe offenses against public order concerning deceased individuals.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 13-2926