An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AN EXTENDED POST- 10 CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas                      A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            HOUSE BILL 1628

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5 By: Representative Gazaway

6 By: Senator Gilmore

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8                             For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AN EXTENDED POST-

10  CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER; TO ADD SEXUAL ASSAULT IN

11  THE SECOND DEGREE TO THE OFFENSES FOR WHICH A COURT

12  MAY ISSUE AN EXTENDED POST-CONVICTION NO CONTACT

13  ORDER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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17                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AN EXTENDED

18                       POST-CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER; AND TO

19                       ADD SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE

20                       TO THE OFFENSES FOR WHICH A COURT MAY

21                       ISSUE AN EXTENDED POST-CONVICTION NO

22                       CONTACT ORDER.

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24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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26  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 5-4-106(b), concerning the offenses for

27 which a court may issue an extended post-conviction no contact order, is

28 amended to read as follows:

29  (b) At the request of the prosecuting attorney, a court shall

30 determine whether to issue an extended post-conviction no contact order to a

31 person convicted of one (1) or more of the following offenses:

32  (1) Capital murder, � 5-10-101, or attempted capital murder;

33  (2) Murder in the first degree, � 5-10-102, or attempted murder

34 in the first degree;

35  (3) Murder in the second degree, � 5-10-103, or attempted murder

36 in the second degree;

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1   (4) Kidnapping, � 5-11-102;

2   (5) Battery in the first degree, � 5-13-201;

3   (6) Battery in the second degree, � 5-13-202;

4   (7) Rape, � 5-14-103;

5   (8) Sexual assault in the first degree, � 5-14-124;

6   (9) Sexual assault in the second degree, � 5-14-125;

7   (10) Domestic battering in the first degree, � 5-26-303;

8   (10)(11) Domestic battering in the second degree, � 5-26-304; or

9   (11)(12) Aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer or an

10 employee of a correctional facility, � 5-13-211, if a Class Y felony.

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