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Committee widens park restrictions for level‑3 and level‑4 sex offenders to include public parks and water features
Summary
House Bill 1437 was recommended for passage after debate about how broadly "public park" and "swimming area" should be read; the bill extends a 100‑foot exclusion zone for certain registered sex offenders around defined water features, playgrounds and water parks in public parks rather than only Arkansas State Parks.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended passage of House Bill 1437 after an extended discussion about the bill’s scope and definitions. The sponsor, Rep. Duffield, said the bill was prompted by law‑enforcement requests after incidents near community splash pads and water features.
Rep. Duffield told the committee the bill makes it unlawful for a person required to register under the sex‑offender registration act of 1997 and assessed as a level‑3 or level‑4 offender…
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