TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF HARBORING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

Impact Assessment for HB1655 Sponsored by Representative Long Subtitle TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF HUMAN SMUGGLING; TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF HARBORING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Impact Summary1 Cannot be determined. The proposed bill creates new felony criminal offenses for which the likely number of occurrences is unknown. Change from Current Law2 Amends Title 5 of Arkansas Code Annotated (A.C.A.) by adding an additional chapter, Immigration. Under the proposed bill, the new offenses of human smuggling and harboring illegal immigrants are created. The first offense is a Class D felony, and a subsequent offense is a Class C felony for both new offenses. Under current law, no criminal offense exists that shares elements or courses of conduct with the proposed new felonies. Knowingly transporting an individual into the State who has entered the United States in violation of law and knowingly concealing, harboring or shielding in individual from detection who has entered the United States in violation of law are specific courses of conduct related to the new Immigration chapter created with this proposed bill. Impact Information The proposed bill creates new offenses that are both Class D feloni