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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD; TO INCLUDE BRIBING OR 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE A CHILD IN THE OFFENSE OF 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 18 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 19 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | OF SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD; AND TO 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | INCLUDE BRIBING OR ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE A 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | CHILD IN THE OFFENSE OF SEXUALLY 19 |
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| 24 | 22 | | GROOMING A CHILD. 20 |
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| 26 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 |
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| 28 | 26 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 5 -27-307 is amended to read as follows: 24 |
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| 29 | 27 | | 5-27-307. Sexually grooming a child. 25 |
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| 30 | 28 | | (a) As used in this section,: 26 |
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| 31 | 29 | | (1) "Bribe" means to offer or bestow any property, gift, good, 27 |
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| 32 | 30 | | or service or to withhold any property, gift, good or service with the 28 |
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| 33 | 31 | | purpose of garnering acceptance, cooperation, or compliance; and 29 |
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| 34 | 32 | | (2) “disseminates” "Disseminates" means to allow to view, 30 |
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| 35 | 33 | | expose, furnish, present, sell, or otherwise distribute. 31 |
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| 36 | 34 | | (b) A person commits sexually grooming a child if , he or she knowingly 32 |
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| 37 | 35 | | disseminates to a child thirteen (13) years of age or younger with or without 33 |
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| 38 | 36 | | consideration a visual or print medium depicting sexually explicit conduct 34 |
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| 39 | 37 | | with the purpose to entice, induce, or groom the a child thirteen (13) years 35 |
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| 45 | 41 | | (1) Sexual intercourse; 1 |
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| 46 | 42 | | (2) Sexually explicit conduct; or 2 |
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| 47 | 43 | | (3) Deviate sexual activity in sexual intercourse, sexually 3 |
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| 48 | 44 | | explicit conduct, or deviate sexual activity, he or she: 4 |
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| 49 | 45 | | (1) Disseminates to the child with or without consideration a 5 |
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| 50 | 46 | | visual or print medium depicting sexually explicit conduct; or 6 |
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| 51 | 47 | | (2) Bribes or attempts to bribe the child to participate in 7 |
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| 52 | 48 | | sexual intercourse, sexually explicit conduct, or deviate sexual activity . 8 |
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| 53 | 49 | | (c) Sexually grooming a child is a: 9 |
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| 54 | 50 | | (1) Class D felony if the actor is twenty -one (21) years of age 10 |
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| 55 | 51 | | or older; or 11 |
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| 56 | 52 | | (2) Class A misdemeanor if the actor is younger than twenty -one 12 |
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| 57 | 53 | | (21) years of age. 13 |
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| 58 | 54 | | (d) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section 14 |
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| 59 | 55 | | that the actor was not more than three (3) years older than the victim. 15 |
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| 60 | 56 | | (e) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the 16 |
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| 61 | 57 | | actor does not know the age of the child or believes the child is fourteen 17 |
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| 62 | 58 | | (14) years of age or older. 18 |
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