Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB597: TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF THREAT OF HARM UPON A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EMPLOYEE
Status: Chaptered, April 18, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to create the criminal offense of threat of harm upon a financial institution employee; and for other purposes. subtitle to create the criminal offense of threat of harm upon a financial institution employee.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF THREAT OF HARM UPON A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EMPLOYEE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF THREAT OF HARM UPON A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EMPLOYEE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 5, Chapter 60, Subchapter 1, is amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 5-60-126. Threat of harm upon a financial institution employee. (a) As used in this section, "financial institution employee" means an employee who performs financial institution services and is employed by (2) State or federal savings and loan association; (3) State or federal credit union; or (4) Mortgage loan lender. (b) A person commits the offense of a threat of harm upon a financial institution employee if he or she, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the safety of the financial institution employee, purposely engages in conduct that threatens or creates a potential danger to the financial institution employee while the financial institution employee is engaged in the course of his or her employment. (c) A threat of harm upon a financial institution employee is a Class *ANS432* 04/01/2025 9:18:21 AM ANS432 SB597 B misdemeanor. (d) This section does not amend, modify, or affect: (1) Sections 9-27-318(g) or …
Sponsors
- Blake Johnson (R, 21) · primary sponsor
- Matthew Shepherd (R, 97)
Latest actions
- : Notification that SB597 is now Act 770
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
- : Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- : ORDERED ENROLLED
- : Returned from the House as passed.
- : Returned to the Senate as passed.
- : Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- : Returned by the Committee Do Pass
- : Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
- : RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
Votes
- House Roll Call #1279 (April 14, 2025): 78 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call #869 (April 7, 2025): 28 yea, 5 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB597?
- SB597 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF THREAT OF HARM UPON A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION EMPLOYEE.
- What does SB597 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act to create the criminal offense of threat of harm upon a financial institution employee; and for other purposes. subtitle to create the criminal offense of threat of harm upon a financial institution employee.
- What is the status of SB597?
- Chaptered as of April 18, 2025. Latest action: Notification that SB597 is now Act 770 (April 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB597?
- Blake Johnson (R, 21), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB597?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=SB597
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