AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A VIOLATION OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION.

Representative Underwood, you are recognized to present House Bill 1764. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate the committee's time. I recognized when I was here earlier this week, I took a simple bill and overcomplicated it and did not do a very good job. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the committee's time. I recognized when I was here earlier this week, and did not do a very good job presenting it. So I thought I'd come back and try to do a little better. So this bill is not changing anything in our current law as it relates to violations of order of protection. We already have certain standards when you have repeat offenders. The only thing this bill is doing is clarifying that if you are a repeat offender in another state and you come here, you're going to be treated exactly the same as if you had repeat convictions in our state. So it's just a clarification because we don't want to give a pass to individuals that are coming from other states over individuals who are in Arkansas. Questions from committee? Senator Stubblebill. Representative Underwood, you're basically saying that you can just accumulate these regardless of your location where if you committed them in another state, then they accumulate to Arkansas. So please correct me if I'm not answering your question. The way the statute reads currently, it says under this section, so it's only referring to convictions that occur within the state of Arkansas. So if you happen to get multiple convictions in another state and then you come to Arkansas, you could arguably say that they didn't occur under the section, under the code in Arkansas and so therefore they're not used, they can't be used for enhancement, just the same as we would an Arkansas conviction. Does that make sense? Yeah, it makes sense. Thank you for the question. Other questions from committee? Hearing none, there's no one to testify for against. Representative Underwood, you are recognized close for your bill. I really appreciate the committee's time and hearing this again and I'm close for my bill. Motion to pass from Senator Gilmour, second from Senator Johnson. Any discussion? Hearing none. All for the motion, signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion carried. Congratulations. Representative Underwood, you have passed your bill. Thank you, committee. Appreciate you. Who have we got up next? Senator Scott, it's so good to see you in Senate Judiciary. Have you got a bill to run? Representative is running a resolution and you're on the resolution or you're just here for moral support? They can't be both because the second one was just. Representative, you are recognized. What are we hearing? Yes. House Concurrent Resolution 1010.