TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HARASSMENT; AND TO INCLUDE THE USE OF A TRACKING DEVICE IN THE OFFENSE OF HARASSMENT.

HB 1641 (now Act 600) makes it a crime to use a tracking device to follow or monitor someone without their consent for the purpose of harassment. It specifically adds using such devices to the list of harassment offenses under Arkansas law, defining a "tracking device" as one that reveals location via electronic signals. The law includes an exception allowing parents or legal guardians to track minors with a tracking device. This directly affects individuals who use location-tracking technology without consent to harass others, while permitting parental monitoring of children. The change clarifies that unauthorized tracking for harassment is now explicitly punishable under existing harassment statutes.