An act TO CREATE A DESIGNATION FOR A REGISTERED SEX 10 OFFENDER ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION 11 CARD, 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 1984

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5 By: Representatives Hudson, Evans, Gazaway

6 By: Senators B. Davis, J. Scott

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8                                  For An Act To Be Entitled

9              AN ACT TO CREATE A DESIGNATION FOR A REGISTERED SEX

10             OFFENDER ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION

11             CARD; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SEX OFFENDER

12             REGISTRATION ACT OF 1997; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING

13             THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES AND PERMITS; AND FOR OTHER

14             PURPOSES.

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17                                            Subtitle

18                       TO CREATE A DESIGNATION FOR A REGISTERED

19                       SEX OFFENDER ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR

20                       IDENTIFICATION CARD.

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

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24  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 12-12-913(a), concerning a disclosure of a

25 person's status as a registered sex offender, is amended to add an additional

26 subdivision read as follows:

27             (4) Registration records shall be open to the Office of Motor

28 Vehicle of the Department of Finance and Administration for the issuance of a

29 driver's license or identification card to a registered sex offender under �

30 27-16-819.

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32  SECTION 2. Arkansas Code Title 27, Chapter 16, Subchapter 8, is

33 amended to add an additional section to read as follows:

34  27-16-819. Designation for registered sex offender.

35  (a)(1) Before the Office of Driver Services issues a driver's license

36 or identification card to an applicant, the applicant shall provide

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1 information to the office concerning whether the applicant is:

2                  (A) Required to register as a sex offender under the Sex

3 Offender Registration Act of 1997, � 12-12-901 et seq.;

4                  (B) Currently registered as a sex offender under the Sex

5 Offender Registration Act of 1997, � 12-12-901 et seq.; and

6                  (C) Classified as a Level 3 or Level 4 sex offender by the

7 Community Notification Assessment.

8   (2) The office shall place a designation on an applicant's

9 driver's license or identification card sufficient to enable a law

10 enforcement officer to identify the holder of the driver's license or

11 identification card as a registered sex offender subject to the Sex Offender

12 Registration Act of 1997, � 12-12-901 et seq., if the applicant is:

13                 (A) Required to register as a sex offender; and

14                 (B) Classified as a Level 3 or Level 4 sex offender by the

15 Community Notification Assessment.

16  (3) Before the office issues a driver's license or

17 identification card to an applicant who is required to have a designation

18 placed on his or her driver's license or identification card under this

19 section and who has not previously had a designation placed on his or her

20 driver's license or identification card under this section, the applicant

21 shall provide proof to the office that the applicant is registered as a sex

22 offender in compliance with the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, � 12-

23 12-901 et seq.

24  (b) The office may:

25  (1) Determine the appropriate placement and design of the

26 registered sex offender designation on a driver's license or identification

27 card authorized under this section; and

28  (2) Promulgate rules for the administration of this section.

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