The Arkansas Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2023 creates a broad private right to sue for individuals who were injured during gender affirming procedures as a minor. The injury can be physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological. The Act also creates a private right of action for parents or legal guardians of the children under the same conditions.
The Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993 (codified at § 16-123-101 et seq.) creates broad protections against discrimination based on race, religion, country of origin, gender, and disability status. The Act creates a private right of action against governmental entities, businesses, and private individuals for such discrimination.
The Arkansas Domestic Violence Shelter Act (Arkansas Code § 9-6-101) provides state funding for domestic violence shelters in the state of Arkansas. This Act also provides educational and advocacy materials for the general public, victims, and additional persons as needed.
Arkansas Code § 6-16-157 on child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention requires each school district and open-enrollment charter school to implement a child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention program that meets the established standards and requirements to provide training on child sexual abuse and assault and human trafficking; including awareness, reporting, and prevention for teachers. This statute requires mandatory notification to children's’ parents when child sexual abuse and assault and human trafficking prevention education will occur, and r
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shares jurisdiction with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) over federal crimes committed on nearly 200 Indian reservations nationwide.
The Colorado Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA) is an emergency notification program that shares crucial information about an Indigenous persons’ disappearance to the public in order to aid timely search and recovery efforts. This alert system was created in 2022 under the Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (SB 22-50 (Colo.
A geofence is a virtual barrier that reacts whenever a device crosses a geographic boundary. Geofences are sometimes used by law enforcement to identify people who may have been in a particular area at the time of a crime based on their location data.
A geofence warrant is a type of search warrant that involves law enforcement requesting information from a geofence, which is the bulk retrieval of data from all devices that were in a specific geographical area at a specific time.
The New Mexico Turquoise Alert is a notification system for a missing member, or eligible member, of a federal or state-recognized Indian nation, tribe or Pueblo community in New Mexico.
