An act TO REQUIRE MANDATORY RESTITUTION TO BE AWARDED 10 TO A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, 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                                           SENATE BILL 430

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5 By: Senator J. Bryant

6 By: Representative Rose

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8                          For An Act To Be Entitled

9               AN ACT TO REQUIRE MANDATORY RESTITUTION TO BE AWARDED

10              TO A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO AMEND THE

11              ARKANSAS CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS ACT; AND FOR OTHER

12              PURPOSES.

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15                         Subtitle

16                       AN ACT TO REQUIRE MANDATORY RESTITUTION

17                       TO BE AWARDED TO A VICTIM OF HUMAN

18                       TRAFFICKING; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS

19                       CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS ACT.

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

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23  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 16, Chapter 90, Subchapter 3, is

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

25  16-90-312. Restitution for victims of human trafficking.

26  (a) A person convicted of any violation of the Human Trafficking Act

27 of 2013, � 5-18-101 et seq., shall be ordered to pay mandatory restitution to

28 the victim or other entity, as appropriate, including without limitation:

29              (1) Costs of medical and psychological treatment, including

30 physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation;

31              (2) Costs of necessary transportation, temporary housing, and

32 child care;

33              (3) Cost of the investigation and prosecution and other court-

34 related costs such as victim advocate fees;

35              (4) Return of property, cost of damage to property, or full

36 value of property if destroyed or damaged beyond repair;

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1   (5)(A) Expenses incurred by a victim and any household member or

2 other family member of the victim in relocating away from the defendant or

3 his or her associates, including without limitation:

4                           (i) Deposits for utilities and telephone service;

5                           (ii) Deposits for rental housing;

6                           (iii) Temporary lodging and food expenses; and

7                           (iv) Clothing and personal items.

8                    (B) Expenses incurred under subdivision (a)(5)(A) of this

9 section shall be verified as necessary for:

10                          (i) The personal safety of the victim or household

11 member or other family member of the victim; or

12                          (ii) The emotional well-being of the victim; and

13  (6) Any other loss suffered by the victim as a result of any

14 violation of the Human Trafficking Act of 2013, � 5-18-101 et seq.

15  (b) The return of the victim to his or her home country or other

16 absence of the victim from the state shall not prevent the victim from

17 receiving restitution under this section.

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19  SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 16-90-712(a)(1), concerning conditions for

20 claims filed under the Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Act, is amended to

21 read as follows:

22  (1) Unless the claim has been filed with the Crime Victims

23 Reparations Board within one (1) year five (5) years after the injury or

24 death upon which the claim is based, unless except:

25                   (A) When the board finds good cause for the failure to

26 file a timely claim; or

27                   (B) If the victim is a minor, the claim is filed within

28 five (5) years after the date the victim reaches eighteen (18) years of age;

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