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Committee debate over SB 351: narrow exceptions to sex-offender registration for close‑in‑age cases
Summary
Sen. Clark's SB 351 would prevent registration as a sex offender when the victim was 18 and the actor was within three years older and the court finds no force; prosecutors said Arkansas law already contains some three‑year affirmative defenses and warned that registration rules and out‑of‑state convictions complicate retroactive relief; the bill failed on a voice vote and committee expunged that vote.
Senator Clark presented SB 351 to provide that a person would not be required to register as a sex offender when the victim was 18 and the actor was no more than three years older and when the court finds no evidence of force, compulsion, threat or intimidation. Clark said the bill responds to cases where consensual, close‑in‑age relationships have produced lifetime registration…
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