By Kiera Riley | Arizona Capitol Times
A measure creating new criminal statutes barring illegal border crossings and enhancing drug offenses to include the sale of “lethal fentanyl” was cleared to go to voters by the Arizona Supreme Court Tuesday.
In a unanimous decision, the state high court found Proposition 314 did not violate the single subject rule of the Arizona Constitution, affirming an earlier ruling from Maricopa County Superior Court. The order allows the measure to be printed on the 2024 ballot.
House Concurrent Resolution 2060, passed by the Republican majorities in both chambers, augments state criminal code and creates a law barring illegal entry from a foreign nation and deeming it a class 1 misdemeanor and enacts a new criminal statute making it a low-level felony for individuals in the country illegally to knowingly apply for public benefits using false documents.
