Arkansas 2025 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1579 Chaptered / Bill

Filed 03/20/2025

                    Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. 
Act 357 of the Regular Session 
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State of Arkansas     1 
95th General Assembly A Bill     2 
Regular Session, 2025  	HOUSE BILL 1579 3 
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By: Representative Gazaway 5 
By: Senator D. Wallace 6 
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8 
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEX OFFENDER 9 
REASSESSMENT; TO PROHIBIT AN INCARCERATED PERSON FROM 10 
BEING ELIGIBLE FOR RISK LEVEL REASSESSMENT; AND FOR 11 
OTHER PURPOSES. 12 
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEX OFFENDER 16 
REASSESSMENT; AND TO PROHIBIT AN 17 
INCARCERATED PERSON FROM BEING ELIGIBLE 18 
FOR RISK LEVEL REASSESSMENT. 19 
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 
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 SECTION 1.  Arkansas Code ยง 12 -12-917(h)(1), concerning when a sex 23 
offender or sexually dangerous person may request a risk level reassessment, 24 
is amended to add an additional subdivision to read as follows: 25 
 (C)  However, an incarcerated person shall not be eligible 26 
for reassessment until his or her release from incarceration. 27 
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APPROVED: 3/20/25 30 
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