TO AMEND THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1997.

SB 393, now Act 362, amends Arkansas' Sex Offender Registration Act to expand mandatory lifetime registration requirements. It adds six new triggers for lifetime registration, including offenders convicted of rape by forcible compulsion (or similar offenses), those with three or more registration violations, and individuals who committed offenses against victims under 15 years old while aged over 24. The law directly affects sex offenders meeting these specific criteria, requiring them to register for life regardless of sentence length or time since conviction. The bill does not alter registration procedures or penalties but broadens the scope of who must comply with lifetime registration under the 1997 Act.