Impact Report : Senate Bill 1197

September 2025 report from the Administrative Office of the Courts of the Arizona Supreme Court assessing the impact of 2023 legislation that eliminated fees and fines in the Arizona juvenile justice system and allowed courts to vacate unpaid monetary obligations from past cases. Since the passage of the legislation, courts have vacated or partially vacated over 110,00 cases of civil judgements or unpaid balances totaling over $39 million dollars.