Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 555 3
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By: Senator J. Scott 5
By: Representatives Gazaway, Hudson 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF 9
VIDEO VOYEURISM; TO EXTEND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 10
FOR THE OFFENSE OF VIDEO VOYEURISM; TO MAKE AN ORDER 11
OF PROTECTION AVAILABLE TO A VICTIM OF VIDEO 12
VOYEURISM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13
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Subtitle 16
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE 17
OF VIDEO VOYEURISM; TO EXTEND THE 18
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THE OFFENSE 19
OF VIDEO VOYEURISM; AND TO MAKE AN ORDER 20
OF PROTECTION AVAILABLE TO A VICTIM OF 21
VIDEO VOYEURISM. 22
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 5-1-109(c), concerning the exceptions to 26
the statute of limitations that applies to each classification of criminal 27
offense, is amended to read as follows: 28
(c) If the period prescribed in subsection (b) of this section has 29
expired, a prosecution may nevertheless be commenced for: 30
(1) Any offense involving either fraud or breach of a fiduciary 31
obligation, within one (1) year after the offense is discovered or should 32
reasonably have been discovered by an aggrieved party or by a person who has 33
a legal duty to represent an aggrieved party and who is himself or herself 34
not a party to the offense; and 35
(2)(A) Any offense that is concealed involving felonious conduct 36 SB555
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in office by a public servant at any time within five (5) years after he or 1
she leaves public office or employment or within five (5) years after the 2
offense is discovered or should reasonably have been discovered, whichever is 3
sooner. 4
(B) However, in no event does this subdivision (c)(2) 5
extend the period of limitation by more than ten (10) years after the 6
commission of the offense ; and 7
(3) The offense of video voyeurism, § 5 -16-101, at any time 8
within one (1) year after the offense is discovered or should reasonably have 9
been discovered by the victim of the video voyeurism . 10
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SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 5 -16-101, concerning the criminal offense 12
of video voyeurism, is amended to add an additional subsection to read as 13
follows: 14
(e) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the 15
person who violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section was in a romantic 16
relationship with the other person who was secretly observed, viewed, 17
photographed, filmed, or videotaped. 18
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SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 9 -15-103(4), concerning the definition of 20
"domestic abuse" with respect to orders of protection, is amended to read as 21
follows: 22
(4) “Domestic abuse” means: 23
(A) Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the 24
infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault 25
between family or household members; or 26
(B) Any sexual conduct between family or household 27
members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of 28
this state; or 29
(C) An act of secretly observing, viewing, photographing, 30
filming, or videotaping another person that constitutes the criminal offense 31
of video voyeurism under § 5 -16-101; 32
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