Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 375 — TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CAPITAL RAPE; AND TO AMEND A PORTION OF ARKANSAS CODE WHICH RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 3 OF 1936.

Last action — Notification that SB375 is now Act 662

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 04, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 18, 2025.

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  • 56 sponsors

    2 primary, 54 co-sponsors signed on.

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Plain-language change summary

The bill SB 375 has removed a reference to "Act 662 of the Regular Session" along with the approval date of April 16, 2025. This change implies that any connection or requirement related to that specific act is no longer part of SB 375. It matters because it simplifies the legislation by eliminating unnecessary references, potentially making it clearer and easier to understand for everyone involved.

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Act 662 of the Regular Session State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 375 5 By:
State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 375 5 By:
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43 03/04/2025 1:57:07 PM CEB074
4/16/25 43 03/04/2025 1:57:07 PM CEB074
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The bill establishes the offense of capital rape in Arkansas law, defining specific circumstances and penalties for the offense.

  • Arkansas Code Title 5, Chapter 14

    5-14-114. Capital rape.

    This adds a new crime, capital rape, to Arkansas law.

  • 5-14-114

    (a) A person commits capital rape if: ...

    Defines the conduct constituting capital rape.

  • 5-1-109(a)(1)

    20 (F) Sexual assault in the first degree, § 5-14-124; → 20 (F) Capital rape, § 5-14-114;

    Includes capital rape among the offenses that may be prosecuted at any time.

  • 5-1-110(d)(1)

    20 (F) Capital rape, § 5-14-114, and any felony utilized as an underlying felony for the capital rape.

    Allows for separate convictions for capital rape and any underlying felony.

  • 5-3-203(1)

    Class Y felony if the offense attempted is capital murder or capital rape;

    Classifies the attempt of capital rape as a Class Y felony.

  • 5-3-301(b)

    Class Y felony if the offense solicited is capital murder or capital rape;

    Classifies solicitation of capital rape as a Class Y felony.

  • 5-3-404

    (1) Class Y felony if an object of the conspiracy is commission of capital murder or capital rape;

    Classifies conspiracy to commit capital rape as a Class Y felony.

  • 5-4-104(b)

    A defendant convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101, capital rape, § 5-14-114, or treason, § 5-51-201, shall be sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole ...

    Establishes penalties, including the death penalty, for capital rape.

Action History

  1. Notification that SB375 is now Act 662

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.

  7. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  8. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  9. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE

  10. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

  11. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

  12. Read the third time and passed.

  13. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  14. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

  15. Filed

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2 sponsors · 54 co-sponsors · 82 not signed on

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Not signed on (82)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 375?
SB 375 is sponsored by Richard Womack, Steven Walker, DeAnn Vaught, Steve Unger, Kendon Underwood, Dwight Tosh, Randy Torres, Johnny Rye, Ryan A. Rose, R. Scott Richardson, Chad Puryear, Jason Nazarenko, Jon Milligan, Richard McGrew, John Maddox, Roger D. Lynch, Lane Jean, Steve Hollowell, Justin Gonzales, Tony Furman, Bruce Cozart, Cameron Cooper, Paul Childress, Matt Brown, Karilyn Brown, Harlan Breaux, Mary Bentley, Howard M. Beaty, Jr., Wade Andrews, Brandon Achor, James Eaton, Brad Hall, Stetson Painter, Les D. Eaves, Joey Carr, Matt Duffield, Dave Wallace, Terry Rice, Jim Petty, John Payton, Mark Johnson, Blake Johnson, Missy Irvin, Bart Hester, Ben Gilmore, Scott Flippo, Jane English, Jonathan Dismang, Tyler Dees, Breanne Davis, Steve Crowell, Joshua Bryant, Matt McKee, Jeremiah Moore, Matt Stone, and Gary Stubblefield.
What is the current status of SB 375?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 04, 2025. Enacted.
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