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Arizona Gov. Ducey May Get His Good Samaritan's For Saving Kids In Hot Cars

It appears Gov. Doug Ducey will get his wish for a Good Samaritan law that helps Arizonans save kids in hot cars.  

Lawmakers are supporting a House bill giving citizens immunity from civil lawsuits if they see, or think they see, a child or dog trapped inside a hot car and break the window.  

Most state lawmakers supported the measure when it surfaced back in January. But it stalled when Representative Eddie Farnsworth refused to hear it in his Committee.

"We have Good Samaritan laws now,” he said, “And, I’ve talked to a number of the prosecutors.  No one's going to prosecute someone for saving a child who's in the back of a hot car.”

He called it too broad and said it gave criminals an alibi.

Senator John Kavanagh found that argument ridiculous, when you consider the law is only necessary in broad daylight.

"Once somebody sees them standing there with a ripped-out radio in their hands,” he suggested, “it's going to be hard to say, 'Oh, I thought there was a kid under that blanket so I decided instead to rescue this purse.'"

Wednesday, the full senate revived the measure tacking it onto another and sent it back to the full House where it can now bypass Farnsworth’s Judiciary Committee.