AR HB1448

Adds new section 5-4-106 to Arkansas Code establishing extended post-conviction no contact orders issued by courts upon prosecutor request after conviction for specified violent crimes including capital murder, murder, kidnapping, battery, rape, sexual assault, and domestic battering.

Court must hold a show cause hearing at sentencing where the defendant must explain why an order should not be issued, and victims have the right to be heard.

Court may issue orders lasting up to the defendant's lifetime with terms prohibiting threats, visits, contact, harassment, following, or presence at victim's residence, workplace, school, or other specified locations.

Law enforcement can arrest without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe a person knowingly violated an order, and violations constitute a Class A misdemeanor.

Either the prosecutor or person subject to the order may petition the court to modify or terminate it if circumstances substantially change the terms or reason for issuance.