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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1641 3 |
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| 7 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representative Clowney 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Senator B. Davis 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HARASSMENT; TO 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | INCLUDE THE USE OF A TRACKING DEVICE IN THE OFFENSE 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | OF HARASSMENT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11 |
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| 16 | 15 | | 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | Subtitle 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HARASSMENT; 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | AND TO INCLUDE THE USE OF A TRACKING 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | DEVICE IN THE OFFENSE OF HARASSMENT. 17 |
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| 22 | 21 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 5 -71-101, concerning the definitions that 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | concern offenses against public health, safety, or welfare, is amended to add 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | an additional subdivision to read as follows: 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | (13) "Tracking device" means a device that reveals the location 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | or movement of the device by the transmission of electronic signals. 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 5 -71-208(a), concerning the offense of 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | harassment, is amended to read as follows: 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (a) A person commits the offense of harassment if ,: 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | (1) with With purpose to harass, annoy, or alarm another person, 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | without good cause, he or she: 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | (1)(A) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | person, subjects that person to offensive physical contact or attempts or 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | threatens to do so; 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | (2)(B) In a public place, directs obscene language or 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | makes an obscene gesture to or at another person in a manner likely to 36 HB1641 |
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| 42 | 41 | | provoke a violent or disorderly response; 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (3)(C) Follows a person in or about a public place; 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | (4)(D) In a public place repeatedly insults, taunts, or 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | challenges another person in a manner likely to provoke a violent or 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | disorderly response; 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | (5)(E) Engages in conduct or repeatedly commits an act 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | that alarms or seriously annoys another person and that serves no legitimate 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | purpose; or 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | (6)(F) Places a person under surveillance by remaining 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | present outside that person's school, place of employment, vehicle, other 10 |
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| 52 | 51 | | place occupied by that person, or residence, other than the residence of the 11 |
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| 53 | 52 | | defendant, for no purpose other than to harass, alarm, or annoy ; or 12 |
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| 54 | 53 | | (2)(A) With the purpose of tracking a person, without good cause 13 |
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| 55 | 54 | | or legal authority, he or she uses a tracking device to determine the 14 |
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| 56 | 55 | | location or movement of a person without the consent of the person . 15 |
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| 57 | 56 | | (B) It is not an offense under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of 16 |
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| 58 | 57 | | this section if a parent or legal guardian of a minor uses a tracking device 17 |
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| 59 | 58 | | to track the location or movement of the minor. 18 |
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