Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 1034 of the Regular Session
1 State of Arkansas
2 93rd General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2021 SENATE BILL 652
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5 By: Senator G. Leding
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT AMENDING THE FAIR SENTENCING FOR MINORS ACT;
9 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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12 Subtitle
13 AMENDING THE FAIR SENTENCING FOR MINORS
14 ACT.
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17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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19 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code 16-93-621(a)(1), concerning the parole
20 eligibility of a person who was a minor at the time he or she committed an
21 offense, is amended to read as follows:
22 (a)(1)(A) A minor who was convicted and sentenced to the former
23 Department of Correction or the Division of Correction for an offense
24 committed before he or she was eighteen (18) years of age and in which the
25 death of another person did not occur is eligible for release on parole no
26 later than after twenty (20) years of incarceration, including any applicable
27 sentencing enhancements, and including an instance in which multiple
28 sentences are to be served consecutively or concurrently, unless by law the
29 minor is eligible for earlier parole eligibility.
30 (B) Subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section applies
31 retroactively to a minor whose offense was committed before he or she was
32 eighteen (18) years of age, including a minor serving a sentence of life,
33 regardless of the original sentences that were imposed.
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35 APPROVED: 4/29/21
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Statutes affected:
SB 652: 16-93-621(a)
Act 1034: 16-93-621(a)