AR HB1765

Domestic battering in the third degree remains a Class A misdemeanor but is elevated to a Class D felony if committed against a woman the offender knew or reasonably should have known was pregnant

The charge is also elevated to a Class D felony if the person committed acts constituting domestic battering (first, second, or third degree), aggravated assault on a family or household member, or equivalent offenses within five years

Changes language from requiring prior "offenses" to prior "acts that would constitute" the listed offenses, broadening what counts toward enhancement

Allows the state to prove a prior qualifying act beyond a reasonable doubt during its case in chief to establish the felony enhancement, even if the person was not convicted of that prior act

Prior acts from other states or foreign jurisdictions with equivalent penal laws also count toward the enhancement