Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 185 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2021 HOUSE BILL 1124
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5 By: Representative M. Berry
6 By: Senator T. Garner
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUNITIVE ARTICLES OF THE MILITARY
10 CODE OF ARKANSAS CONCERNING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL
11 CONTACT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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14 Subtitle
15 TO AMEND THE PUNITIVE ARTICLES OF THE
16 MILITARY CODE OF ARKANSAS CONCERNING
17 SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL CONTACT.
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20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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22 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code 5-53-134(f)(1), concerning the violation of
23 an order or protection, is amended to read as follows:
24 (f) As used in this section:
25 (1) Military order of protection means an official command
26 directed at a service member for the purpose of preventing violent and
27 threatening acts against a person who:
28 (A) Is the current or former spouse of the service member;
29 (B) Is or was a child, step-child, parent, step-parent,
30 sibling, guardian, or ward of the service member;
31 (C) Is residing or cohabitating or in the past has resided
32 or cohabitated with the service member;
33 (D) Has or had a child in common with the service member;
34 (E) Is or has been in a dating relationship with the
35 service member as defined by 9-15-103;
36 (F) Has had an intimate sexual relationship with the
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1 service member; or
2 (G) Has made allegations against the service member of
3 violations of the punitive article of sexual misconduct assault as defined by
4 12-64-845 12-64-852; and
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6 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code 12-60-102, concerning the definitions used
7 in the Military Code of Arkansas, is amended to add an additional
8 subdivision:
9 (21) Sexual contact means the act of touching, or causing
10 another person to touch, either directly or through clothing, by the use of
11 any part of a person's body or an object:
12 (A) The vulva, penis, scrotum, anus, groin, breast, inner
13 thigh, or buttocks of any person; and
14 (B) With a purpose to abuse, humiliate, harass, or degrade
15 any person or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.
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17 SECTION 3. Arkansas Code 12-64-845 is repealed.
18 12-64-845. Sexual misconduct.
19 A person subject to this code who engages in sexual contact with
20 unlawful force, abuse of authority, or violence is guilty of sexual
21 misconduct and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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23 SECTION 4. Arkansas Code Title 12, Chapter 64, Subchapter 8, is
24 amended to add an additional section to read as follows:
25 12-64-852. Sexual assault.
26 A person subject to this code is guilty of sexual assault and shall be
27 punished as a court-martial directs if the person engages in sexual contact
28 with another person:
29 (1) By forcible compulsion;
30 (2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is:
31 (A) Physically helpless;
32 (B) Mentally defective; or
33 (C) Mentally incapacitated; or
34 (3) By abuse of authority.
35 APPROVED: 3/1/21
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Statutes affected: HB 1124: 5-53-134(f), 12-60-102
Act 185: 5-53-134(f), 12-60-102