HB1044 Representative Jan Judy
An Act for the Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence for Grants to Domestic Violence Shelters and Stand Alone Sexual Assault Centers Appropriation for the 2001-2003.
Final Status: Now Act 1145
Presented by that Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence. $150,000 has been committed to fund this appropriation and will be released between July and December.

HB1110 Representative Parks
An Act To Amend Arkansas Code 5-14-103 To Provide No Contact Orders For Victims Of Rape.
Final Status: Now Act 299
The court may issue a permanent no contact order when a defendant pleads guilty, nolo contendere, or when all the defendant's appeals have been exhausted, and the defendant remains convicted.

HB1258 Representative Verkamp
To Provide That Repeat Offenders Convicted Of Violent Felony Offenses Or Any Felony Sex Offense Shall Not Be Eligible For Release On Parole.
Final Status: Ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
Any person who commits a violent felony offense or any felony sex offense subsequent to the effective date of this 2001 Act, and who has previously pled guilty or nolo contendere, or been found guilty of any violent felony offense, or any felony sex offense, shall not be eligible for release on parole by the Post Prison Transfer Board.

HB1342 Representative Hunt
An Act To Amend Arkansas Code 12-12-903(13)(a) To Add Offenses To The Definition Of Sexual Offenses For Purposes Of The Sex And Child Offender Registration Act.
Final Status: Withdrawn by author.

HB1423 Representative Hutchinson
An Act To Amend Arkansas Code 5-1-109 To Extend The Period Of Limitation For Rape.
Class Y and Class A felonies, six (6) years, except rape for which the period of limitation may be extended to fifteen (15) years during which extended time a prosecution for rape may be commenced if based upon forensic DNA testing or other tests which may become available through advances in technology.
Final Status: HB1423 is now Act 920

HB1783 Representative Verkamp
Grant Prosecutors Access To Medical Records Of Persons Charged With Having Committed A Sex Crime, And Allow Prosecutors To Alert The Victim Of Possible Health Risks Resulting From The Crime.
The prosecuting attorneys of this state are hereby entitled access to the medical records of any person charged with having committed a sex crime against another person which act could have exposed the victim to a disease carried by the alleged offender. Persons having custody of the medical records shall grant access to the prosecuting attorneys and shall not be subject to any liability for granting the access.
If, after reviewing the medical records, the prosecuting attorney determines that the victim is subject to a health risk as a result of the crime, the prosecuting attorney may convey that information to the victim, and the prosecuting attorney shall not thereby be subject to any liability for disclosing that information.
Final Status: Ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

HB1607 Representative Boyd
Katie's Law
When any sexual offense, as defined by Arkansas Code 5-14-101 through 123, is committed against any person, who, at the time of the sexual offense, was traveling within this state by private motor vehicle, common carrier, watercraft, or other mode of transportation, and law enforcement is unable to determine the county in which the sexual offense was committed, the venue for prosecuting the person committing the sexual offense may be in any county of this state from, through, or to which the victim traveled.
Final Status: Now Act 582

HB2384 Representative Elliott
An Act To Amend Various Sections Of The Arkansas Code To Clarify The Criminal Offense Of Rape And Create The Offense Of Sexual Assault.
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HB2385 Representative Elliott
An Act To Amend Arkansas Code 5-14-101 To Further Define "mentally Defective, Mentally Incapacitated, And Physically Helpless".
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HB2386 Representative Elliott
An Act To Amend Arkansas Code 5-14-110 And 5-14-112 To Create The Offense Of Sexual Indecency With A Child And Remove The Offense Of Indecent Exposure To A Person Under Twelve Years Of Age.
Final Status: Ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
Provides for felony relief when committing sexual indecency with a minor child.

HB2408 Representative Carson
An Act To Amend Various Sections Of The Arkansas Code Regarding The Assessment Of Sex Offenders.
Final Status: Ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

HB2459 Representative Carson
An Act To Amend Various Sections Of The Arkansas Code Concerning The Sex Offender Registration Act Of 1997.
Final Status: Ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

HB2530 Representative Hutchinson
An Act To Amend Arkansas Code 5-14-108 To Expand The Definition Of Sexual Abuse In The First Degree To Include A Member Of The Clergy Who Exploits A Person's Emotional Dependency.
Final Status: Withdrawn by Author.
Included in the text of HB 2384.

SB175 Senator Hill
An Act To Amend Arkansas Code 5-14-108 And 5-14-109 To Make Sexual Abuse Of An Inmate By A Correctional Officer A Class C Felony.
Final Status: Now Act 545

SB758 Senator Mahony
An Act To Prohibit Home Schooling If A Sex Offender Resides In The Home.
Final Status: Delivered to Governor.

SB975 Senator Smith
An Act To Address Computer Crimes.
Final Status: Delivered to Governor.
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