An act TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THEFT OF PROPERTY, the official text

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

1 State of Arkansas           As Engrossed: S4/8/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                   A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            HOUSE BILL 1779

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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 RELATED TO THEFT OF PROPERTY;

10  TO ENHANCE THE OFFENSE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE THEFT

11  OF A POSTAL PACKAGE DELIVERED TO A PERSON'S RESIDENCE

12  AND LEFT WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE RESIDENCE; AND

13  FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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16                                          Subtitle

17                       TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THEFT OF

18                       PROPERTY; AND ENHANCE THE OFFENSE

19                       CLASSIFICATION FOR THE THEFT OF A POSTAL

20                       PACKAGE DELIVERED TO A PERSON'S

21                       RESIDENCE AND LEFT WITHIN THE CURTILAGE

22                       OF THE RESIDENCE.

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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 � 5-36-103(b)(2) and (3), concerning the

27 types of theft of property that constitute a Class C felony and a Class D

28 felony, are amended to read as follows:

29  (2) Class C felony if:

30                       (A) The value of the property is less than twenty-five

31 thousand dollars ($25,000) but more than five thousand dollars ($5,000);

32                       (B) The property is obtained by threat;

33                       (C) The property is a firearm valued at two thousand five

34 hundred dollars ($2,500) or more;

35                       (D) The property is building material obtained from a

36 permitted construction site and the value of the building material is five

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1 hundred dollars ($500) or more;

2   (E) The value of the property is five hundred dollars

3 ($500) or more and the theft occurred in an area declared to be under a state

4 of emergency pursuant to proclamation by the President of the United States,

5 the Governor, or the executive officer of a city or county; or

6   (F) The property is oil and gas equipment, the value of

7 the property is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less but more than one

8 thousand dollars ($1,000), and the person:

9                          (i) Caused more than two hundred fifty dollars

10 ($250) in incidental damage to the owner of the oil and gas equipment during

11 the commission of the offense; or

12                         (ii) Transported the oil and gas equipment across

13 state lines to sell or dispose of the oil and gas equipment; or

14  (G) The property is a postal package removed from the

15 curtilage of a residential occupiable structure or from a delivery vehicle at

16 any point throughout the delivery route;

17  (3) Class D felony if:

18  (A) The value of the property is five thousand dollars

19 ($5,000) or less but more than one thousand dollars ($1,000);

20  (B) The property is a firearm valued at less than two

21 thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500);

22  (C) The property is a:

23                         (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or

24                         (ii) Debit card or debit card account number;

25  (D) The value of the property is at least one hundred

26 dollars ($100) or more but less than five hundred dollars ($500) and the

27 theft occurred in an area declared to be under a state of emergency pursuant

28 to proclamation by the President of the United States, the Governor, or the

29 executive officer of a city or county;

30  (E) The property is livestock and the value of the

31 livestock is in excess of two hundred dollars ($200);

32  (F) The property is an electric power line, gas line,

33 water line, wire or fiber insulator, electric motor, or other similar

34 apparatus connected to a farm shop, on-farm grain drying and storage complex,

35 heating and cooling system, environmental control system, animal production

36 facility, irrigation system, or dwelling;

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1          (G) The property is a decorative or memorial item from a

2 cemetery, graveyard, or a person's grave site and the offense is the actor's

3 second or subsequent offense of theft of a decorative or memorial item from a

4 cemetery, graveyard, or a person's grave site under this section;

5          (H) The property is oil and gas equipment and the value of

6 the oil and gas equipment is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, and the

7 person:

8                          (i) Caused more than two hundred fifty dollars

9 ($250) in incidental damage to the owner of the oil and gas equipment during

10 the commission of the offense; or

11                         (ii) Transported the oil and gas equipment across

12 state lines to sell or dispose of the oil and gas equipment;

13         (I) The property is a postal package removed from the

14 curtilage of a residential occupiable structure or from a delivery vehicle at

15 any point throughout the delivery route; or

16         (J)(I) The value of the property is one thousand dollars

17 ($1,000) or less and the person has been previously convicted of a theft

18 offense of any classification within ten (10) years of the current offense;

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