AR HB1013

Amends Arkansas Code § 5-27-306 to add a new subsection (5) establishing criminal liability for arranging a meeting with someone posing as a parent, guardian, or family member of a child to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child fifteen years of age or younger for sexual purposes.

Adds three new penalty categories under subsection (b) for internet stalking of a child: Class B felony for attempting to arrange a meeting with a child, an individual believed to be a child, or a person posing as a parent/guardian; and Class Y felony if an actual meeting takes place with a child or believed-to-be child.

Expands the definition of "internet stalking of a child" to include compiling, transmitting, publishing, reproducing, buying, selling, receiving, exchanging, or disseminating identifying information about a child or believed-to-be child in furtherance of arranging a meeting for sexual purposes.

Maintains existing exemption for electronic communications service providers unless they conspire with or knowingly aid and abet a violation of the statute.

Applies to persons twenty-one years of age or older using computer online services, internet services, bulletin board services, or any means of electronic communication.