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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1871
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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 THE REVOCATION OF
10 A PERIOD OF PROBATION OR A PERIOD OF SUSPENSION OF
11 SENTENCE; TO REQUIRE A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION FOR
12 DEFENDANTS WHO REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THE TERMS OF THEIR
13 PROBATION OR SUSPENDED SENTENCE; AND FOR OTHER
14 PURPOSES.
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18 TO REQUIRE A PERIOD OF INCARCERATION FOR
19 DEFENDANTS WHO REPEATEDLY VIOLATE THE
20 TERMS OF THEIR PROBATION OR SUSPENDED
21 SENTENCE.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 16-93-309(d), concerning sentence
26 alternatives upon the revocation of probation or a suspended sentence, is
27 amended to read as follows:
28 (d)(1) Following Except as provided in subdivision (d)(2) of this
29 section, following a revocation hearing in which a defendant is ordered to
30 continue on a period of suspension of sentence or a period of probation, upon
31 finding the defendant guilty at a subsequent revocation hearing, the court
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33 (1)(A) Revoke the suspension of sentence or period of
34 probation; and
35 (2)(B) Sentence the defendant to incarceration in the
36 Division of Correction.
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1 (2) If a defendant has had his or her probation or suspended
2 sentence revoked at least three (3) times under this section, upon finding
3 the defendant guilty at a subsequent revocation hearing, the court shall
4 sentence the defendant to incarceration in the Division of Correction for a
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